parse-md

description

a python script to iterate through a directory of markdown files (/md_files), pull frontmatter key/value pairs, and create a csv using the unique keys as fields for all md files.

setup

• built with python 3.5.2
• script only requires native os and csv libraries

run it

1. clone or download this repo
2. copy and paste your own markdown (.md or .markdown) files to the md_files subdirectory
3. optional: change the output csv filename (line 87)
4. open terminal and cd into this repo
5. type python3 parse-md.py and press enter