Convert markdown files using glue and rdiscount

convert.rb

#!ruby

require 'markdown'

`ls *.markdown`.split.each { |filename|
  puts "Converting file #{filename}"
  mkd = RDiscount.new(File.new(filename, 'r').read)
  File.new(filename.sub!('markdown', 'html'), 'w').write(mkd.to_html)
}

convert.sh

#!/bin/bash
for f in $(ls *.markdown)
do
    echo "Converting file $f"
    rdiscount < $f > "$f.html"
    echo "$f converted"
done