NAME

App::oaf - Output stdin as a GitHub/Slack/Jira etc... formatted code, list, or quote

SYNOPSIS

Output as Format will read from stdin and output code, lists, or quotes based on the provided options and/or environment variables.

  usage: oaf [-1mpsLQ] [-f format] [-l lang] [--list[1]] [--quote]
  Output stdin according to the given options
    -f FORMAT    Format to output, defaults to markdown
    -h, --help   Display this message
    -l LANG      Programming language of stdin, if supported by FORMAT
    -L, --list   Output a bullet point list using FORMAT, each line is a list item
    -1, --list1  Output a numbered list using FORMAT, each line is a list item
    -m           Force multiline output, if supported by FORMAT
    -p           Print the supported formats and exit
    -Q, --quote  Output as a quote in FORMAT
    -s           Force single line output, if supported by FORMAT
    --version    Print the version

EXAMPLES

Output as GitHub Flavored Markdown:

  cat some-code | oaf -f github -l perl
  ```perl
  my $n = foo();
  return unless $n > 100;
  ```

Output as MediaWiki:

  cat some-code | oaf -f mediawiki -l perl
  <syntaxhighlight lang="perl">
  my $n = foo();
  return unless $n > 100;
  </syntaxhighlight>

Output a Markdown list:

  echo -e "line1\nline2\nline3" | oaf --list
  * line1
  * line2
  * line3

Output a numbered list formatted for JIRA:

  echo -e "line1\nline2\nline3" | oaf --list1 -f jira
  # line1
  # line2
  # line3

Output a quote formatted for Org mode:

  echo -e "line1\nline2\nline3" | oaf --quote -f orgmode
  #+BEGIN_QUOTE
  line1
  line2
  line3
  #+END_QUOTE

INSTALLATION

Currently there are two ways to install.

This requires your system to have Perl installed. Unless you're on Windows you probably have it (here in 2019).

Download

  curl -o oaf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sshaw/output-as-format/master/oaf
  chmod 555 oaf

CPAN

  cpan App::oaf

SUPPORTED FORMATS & SERVICES

• Bitbucket

• Disqus

• GitHub

• GitLab

• HipChat

• HTML

• JIRA

• Markdown

• MediaWiki

• Org-mode

• POD

• reStructuredText

• Slack

DEFAULTS

Defaults can be set by the following environment variables:

• OAF_FORMAT - output format

• OAF_LANG - input programming language

The default format is Markdown. There is no default programming language.

AUTHOR

Skye Shaw (sshaw [AT] gmail.com)

SEE ALSO

copy-as-format for Emacs, from which this is based.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2017-2019 Skye Shaw.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

cpanm App::oaf

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install App::oaf