mdtable

Command line tool to generate formatted markdown tables easy to read, even without markdown rendering.

It converts CSV to markdown table, or markdown table to CSV.

Arguments

| Argument | Description | Values (default in bold) | Example | |-----------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------| | in | Type of input | csv, md | -in:md | | out | Type of output | csv, md | -out:csv | | separator | Column separator for csv input or output | character (default = semicolon, tab for tabulation) | -separator:, | | mini | Minified markdown table output | | -mini | | escape | Escape characters in markdown output | | -escape |

Examples

CSV to markdown table

cat samples/sample.csv | python mdtable.py
cat samples/sample.csv | python mdtable.py "-separator:;"
cat samples/sample.csv | python mdtable.py -mini

Markdown table to formatted markdown table

cat samples/sample.md | python mdtable.py -in:md

Markdown table to CSV

cat samples/sample.md | python mdtable.py -in:md -out:csv
cat samples/sample.md | python mdtable.py -in:md -out:csv "-separator:,"