Enhanced Bash and Pandoc Workflow for Command Management

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📅 2024-04-30 — Session: Enhanced Bash and Pandoc Workflow for Command Management

🕒 16:10–16:50
🏷️ Labels: Bash, Pandoc, Markdown, Conversion, Troubleshooting
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal

The session aimed to enhance command management in Bash and improve document conversion workflows using Pandoc.

Key Activities

  • Bash Command Filtering: Implemented techniques to filter Bash history by date using HISTTIMEFORMAT, history, and awk.
  • Expanding Bash History: Configured Bash to expand command history capacity with HISTSIZE and HISTFILESIZE.
  • Document Conversion: Developed commands for converting Markdown to HTML and PDF, focusing on style and margin parameters.
  • Pandoc Troubleshooting: Addressed common issues in Pandoc’s Markdown to HTML conversion, including syntax errors and CSS interference.
  • Optimization Recommendations: Provided detailed recommendations for optimizing Pandoc commands for better HTML handling.

Achievements

  • Successfully configured Bash for enhanced command management and expanded history.
  • Developed robust document conversion commands with Pandoc.
  • Identified and resolved key issues in Pandoc’s HTML conversion process.

Pending Tasks

  • Further testing of Pandoc optimizations in diverse Markdown files to ensure robustness.
  • Explore additional Bash history management techniques for improved efficiency.

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