Enhanced Bash history and Pandoc conversion troubleshooting

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📅 2024-04-30 — Session: Enhanced Bash history and Pandoc conversion troubleshooting

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

Session Goal

The primary objective of this session was to enhance the management of Bash command history and troubleshoot issues related to document conversion using Pandoc.

Key Activities

  • Bash History Management: Implemented instructions to filter Bash commands by date using HISTTIMEFORMAT, history, and awk. Adjusted settings to expand the Bash command history by configuring HISTSIZE and HISTFILESIZE.
  • Document Conversion: Finalized commands for converting Markdown to HTML and then to PDF, with specific parameters for style and margins.
  • Pandoc Troubleshooting: Addressed common issues in HTML output during Markdown conversion with Pandoc, including syntax errors, CSS interference, and command-line debugging.

Achievements

  • Successfully configured Bash to maintain a larger and more detailed history of commands.
  • Developed reliable command sequences for document conversion from Markdown to PDF.
  • Identified and documented troubleshooting steps for resolving Pandoc conversion issues.

Pending Tasks

  • Further exploration of Pandoc’s handling of direct HTML and CSS interactions to optimize conversion results.
  • Continuous monitoring and adjustment of Bash history settings to ensure optimal performance.

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