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RonenNess/generate_toc_from_md.py

Created January 12, 2022 18:47
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A very basic python script to generate ToC from markdown file. Only works for simple cases and 2 level of titles (# and ##).
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generate_toc_from_md.py
def generate_link(title):
return "[" + title + "](#" + title.lower().replace(' ', '-') + ")"
print ("# Table Of Content")
with open("README.md", 'r') as infile:
for line in infile:
line = line.strip()
if line.startswith('## '):
print (" - " + generate_link(line[3:]))
elif line.startswith('# '):
print ("- " + generate_link(line[2:]))
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