to md for formats
Convert table into simple Markdown.
Signature
> to md {flags}
Flags
--pretty, -p: Formats the Markdown table to vertically align items--per-element, -e: Treat each row as markdown syntax element--center, -c {list<cell-path>}: Formats the Markdown table to center given columns--escape-md, -m: Escapes Markdown special characters--escape-html, -t: Escapes HTML special characters--escape-all, -a: Escapes both Markdown and HTML special characters
Input/output types:
| input | output |
|---|---|
| any | string |
Examples
Outputs an MD string representing the contents of this table
> [[foo bar]; [1 2]] | to md
| foo | bar |
| --- | --- |
| 1 | 2 |Optionally, output a formatted markdown string
> [[foo bar]; [1 2]] | to md --pretty
| foo | bar |
| --- | --- |
| 1 | 2 |Treat each row as a markdown element
> [{"H1": "Welcome to Nushell" } [[foo bar]; [1 2]]] | to md --per-element --pretty
# Welcome to Nushell
| foo | bar |
| --- | --- |
| 1 | 2 |Render a list
> [0 1 2] | to md --pretty
0
1
2Separate list into markdown tables
> [ {foo: 1, bar: 2} {foo: 3, bar: 4} {foo: 5}] | to md --per-element
| foo | bar |
| --- | --- |
| 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 4 |
| foo |
| --- |
| 5 |Center a column of a markdown table
> [ {foo: 1, bar: 2} {foo: 3, bar: 4}] | to md --pretty --center [bar]
| foo | bar |
| --- |:---:|
| 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 4 |Escape markdown special characters
> [ {foo: "_1_", bar: "\# 2"} {foo: "[3]", bar: "4|5"}] | to md --escape-md
| foo | bar |
| --- | --- |
| \_1\_ | \# 2 |
| \[3\] | 4\|5 |Escape html special characters
> [ {a: p, b: "<p>Welcome to nushell</p>"}] | to md --escape-html
| a | b |
| --- | --- |
| p | <p>Welcome to nushell</p> |