• CSV to Markdown in Vim

    3 min read · writing vim csv markdown

    Requirements vim basics Open a CSV table (I made this one with :r!sed 's/:/,/g' /etc/passwd | head). 1root,x,0,0,,/root,/bin/bash 2bin,x,1,1,,/,/usr/bin/nologin 3daemon,x,2,2,,/,/usr/bin/nologin 4mail,x,8,12,,/var/spool/mail,/usr/bin/nologin 5ftp,x,14,11,,/srv/ftp,/usr/bin/nologin …


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  • Format a CSV file as markdown in vim

    1 min read · vim markdown csv

    The command to format CSV tables works similarly to formatting markdown. Put this in your ~/.vimrc and use Control + s after highlighting a cs 1vmap <C-s> :!column -ts, -o " | "<Enter>yyp:s/[^|:]/-/g<Enter> Read a CSV file into Vim: 1r ${file}.csv Select the csv output: 1Transaction Date,Transaction Type,Transaction …


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  • Format Markdown Columns in Vim

    1 min read · writing vim markdown TUI

    Got a wonky markdown table? 1 2| Real Time | Game Time | 3|:--|:-| 4| 1 week | 1 month | 5| 3 weeks | 3 months| 6| 6 months | 2 years| 7| 1 year | 4 years| Vim can fix it without plugins. Just use this snippet (type : to begin inputting a command): 1:vmap <C-t> :!tr -s ' -' |column -ts '|' -o '|'<Enter>j:s/ …


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  • Markdown to PDF

    1 min read · markdown pdf vision

    Turn a markdown file into a pdf: 1lowdown -stms "$FILE".md | pdfroff -itk -mspdf > "$FILE".pdf To give the document a title, put that title in the metadata: 1sed -i "1 i---" "$FILE".md 2sed -i 1 ititle: $TITLE $FILE.md 3sed -i "1 i---" "$FILE".md 4lowdown -L "$FILE".md 5lowdown -X title "$FILE".md 6lowdown -stms …


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  • Reformat a Markdown Table

    1 min read · writing vim markdown

    Requirements vim basics This markdown table is badly messed up: 1| File | Category | 2|:------|:---------| 3| calendar.md | tex| 4| tex_packages.md | tex| 5| completion.md | vim| 6| csv_to_md.md | vim| 7| format_md.md | vim| Highight from the top with V6j, then run column to fix the output: 1:!column -ts'|' -o '|' It …


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  • Rundown: groff

    1 min read · markdown lowdown groff man

    Turn markdown into a man page 1man <(lowdown -stman ${file}.md)


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  • Rundown: lowdown

    1 min read · markdown lowdown groff man

    Turn markdown into a man page 1man <(lowdown -stman ${file}.md)


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  • Rundown: man

    1 min read · markdown lowdown groff man

    Turn markdown into a man page 1man <(lowdown -stman ${file}.md)


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  • Rundown: mlr

    1 min read · csv markdown data mlr

    Convert markdown table to csv 1mlr --imarkdown --ocsv cat ${file}.md Convert a csv file to markdown 1mlr --icsv --omd cat ${file}.csv


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  • tree

    1 min read · basics tree markdown

    The tree utility outputs a full listing of everything in your current directory, and those below. Just directories: tree -d Output colour to less: tree -C --info | less -re Ignore files in the .gitignore file: tree --gitignore You can place information about the files in a directory to use with the tree --info option, …


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