Script to convert existing markdown posts (*.md) in your content folder from pelican to jekyll format

pelican_to_jekyll.py

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# script to convert *.md posts in content folder to jekyll format
import os
import glob, re

def main():
    files = glob.glob("content/*.md")
    for fname in files:
        lines = open(fname, encoding='utf8').readlines()
        meta = {}
        for i in range(len(lines)):
            line = lines[i].strip()
            m = re.match("(\w*):(\s*)(.*)", line)
            if not m: break
            key = m[1].strip()
            val = m[3].strip()
            meta[key] = val
                
        # we have meta data now
        #print("meta:", meta)
        nmeta, cnt = {}, 0
        if meta['Status'] == 'published':
            nmeta["date"]=meta["Date"].split(" ")[0]
            nmeta["title"]=meta["Title"].strip()
            nmeta['tags'] = []
            if "Tags" in meta.keys():
                nmeta["tags"] = [tag.strip().lower().replace(' ', '-') for tag in meta["Tags"].split(',')]
            cat=meta["Category"].strip().lower().replace(' ','-')
            if cat not in nmeta['tags']:
                nmeta['tags'].append(cat)
            if 'Slug' not in meta.keys():
                #print('fname:', fname)
                nmeta['slug'] = fname.split('\\')[-1]
                nmeta['slug'] = nmeta['slug'].split('.')[0]
            else:
                nmeta['slug'] = meta['Slug'] 
            # create new
            nlines = []
            nlines.append("---")
            nmeta['title'] = nmeta['title'].replace("'", "''")
            # if nmeta['title'].startswith('"'):
            #    print("quote alert:", "title: '%s'" % nmeta['title'])
            nlines.append("title: '%s'" % nmeta['title'])
            nlines.append("layout: post")
            nlines.append("tags: %s" % " ".join(nmeta['tags']))
            nlines.append("---")
            nlines = [item + "\n" for item in nlines]
            if not os.path.isdir("jekyll"):
                os.makedirs("jekyll")
            nfname = "jekyll/%s-%s.md" % (nmeta['date'], nmeta['slug'])
            nf = open(nfname, 'w', encoding='utf8')
            nf.writelines(nlines)
            nf.writelines(lines[i:])
            nf.close()
            cnt += 1
            #print("out:", nfname)
    print("processed %d posts to jekyll/ folder:" % len(files))

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()