Extract all shell code form markdown and run it

[ruzickap]

Hello

Would it be possible to use mq to extract code from a markdown file and pipe it to run?

Example:

cat > my_file.md <<\EOF
# My file with code

```bash
uname -a
```

```sh
pwd
```

```sh
ls -la
```
EOF

I would like to run all "sh" shell commands in my my_file.md by running something like the following (which is not working):

mq '.code("sh")' my_file.md | sh

Example in mqlang.org

Any hints?

Thank you

[harehare]

Hi!

Yes, this is possible with mq. You can extract shell code blocks from your markdown file using:

mq 'select(.code.lang == "sh") | to_text()' my_file.md

I noticed that some of the examples are outdated and incorrect. I'll update them to reflect the current syntax.
Thanks for bringing this up!

[ruzickap]

Thank you...