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Created June 19, 2012 15:28
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Render markdown READMEs on the fly

This is my new favorite thing to do when I want to read a README file written in markdown. This assumes you are macosx and have the redcarpet gem installed.

alias readme='redcarpet README.md > readme.html; open readme.html'
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jbgo commented Jun 20, 2012

@kellyredding I like it! Keeps the working directory clean.

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