Read markdown file in the command line

markdown_in_shell.sh

# Markdown utilities (requires `brew install pandoc`)
function mdless () {
  local mdfile=$1
  if [ -z ${mdfile:+x} ]; then mdfile="README.md"; fi
  case $mdfile in
      -h | --help)
        print "mdless usage: 'mdless myfile.md' or 'mdless' (defaults to README.md)"
      ;;
      *)
        mdcat $mdfile | less
      ;;
  esac
}
 
function mdcat () {
  local mdfile=$1
  if [ -z ${mdfile:+x} ]; then mdfile="README.md"; fi
  pandoc -s -f markdown -t man $mdfile | groff -T utf8 -man
}