# Mardown to Source
Simple rust library and CLI to extract code blocks marked with triple backticks from markdown files into source files.
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## Installation
To download the latest release, please run either ```cargo install md2src``` or ```brew install AlexanderWillner/tap/md2src```.
## Example
Run run ```md2src README.md``` to create the source file named ```code_snippet_000.rs``` from the following code:
```rust
fn main() {
todo!();
}
```
## Help
```bash
$ md2src --help
md2src 1.1.0
Alexander Willner <alex@willner.ws>
Markdown to source. Extracts code blocks marked with triple backticks into files.
USAGE:
md2src [OPTIONS] <filename> [--] [folder]
FLAGS:
-h, --help Prints help information
-V, --version Prints version information
OPTIONS:
-e, --extension <extension> File extension for code files [default: rs]
-l, --language <language> Code snippet language to extract [default: rust]
-p, --prefix <prefix> Prefix code files with this string [default: code_snippet_]
-i, --ignore <string>... Ignore code with this string [default: // (note: this does not compile)]
ARGS:
<filename> Markdown file that contains the code snippets
<folder> Folder for the code snippets [default: .]
```