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## markdown-cmdline.md

      
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    Markdown Viewer in your terminal


markdown

apt-get install markdown lynx
markdown <markdown_file> | lynx -stdin

pandoc

apt-get install pandoc lynx
pandoc <markdown_file> -f markdown -t html | lynx -stdin
You might want to create a bash alias since you will use this frequently

using markdown

function mdview {
pandoc "$1" -f markdown -t html | lynx -stdin
}

using pandoc

function mdview {
markdown "$1" | lynx -stdin
}