Convert docx to markdown using pandoc

docx_to_md.sh

# RegEx \s*\{width="[^"]*"\s*height="[^"]*"\} to replace the entire {width="..." height="..."} attribute block
#!/bin/bash

# Exit immediately if a command exits with a non-zero status
set -e

# Check if an input file was provided
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
  echo "Usage: $0 input.docx"
  exit 1
fi

# Assign the input file
INPUT_FILE="$1"

# Verify that the input file exists
if [ ! -f "$INPUT_FILE" ]; then
  echo "Error: File '$INPUT_FILE' not found."
  exit 1
fi

# Extract the base name (without extension) for output naming
BASE_NAME="${INPUT_FILE%.*}"

# Define output Markdown file and media directory
OUTPUT_MD="${BASE_NAME}.md"
MEDIA_DIR="${BASE_NAME}_media"

# Run Pandoc to convert DOCX to Markdown and extract media
pandoc "$INPUT_FILE" -o "$OUTPUT_MD" --extract-media="$MEDIA_DIR"

echo "Conversion complete:"
echo "Markdown file: $OUTPUT_MD"
echo "Media directory: $MEDIA_DIR"