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Dev tools · July 18, 2020

Mawkdown – (Toy) Markdown Parser in Awk

toy markdown parser in awk. Contribute to rethab/mawkdown development by creating an account on GitHub.

Mawkdown – (Toy) Markdown Parser in Awk launched on July 18, 2020 with 12 votes, #1,012 of 4,305 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

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In plain words

Mawkdown is a markdown parser written in Awk that converts markdown syntax into HTML. It is designed for anyone interested in parsing markdown using Awk as the implementation language. What stands out is its unusual approach of building a markdown processor in Awk, a text processing language, rather than using conventional markdown parsing tools or libraries.

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