Bash Markdown Table Gerenator

A simple markdown generator I made for my own needs, I intend on expanding its capabilities further in the close future.

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Current features and limitations (20/09/2024)

• Generates a markdown table with N columns and rows
• Outputs the generated table to the terminal
• Automatically centers all columns and rows contents
• No unit tests

Planned improvements

• Auto formatter
  • The outputted table will be automatically formatted to be human readable
  • This can be used as a separate feature (table formatter)
• Customizable header position
  • The generator should accept a position parameter instead of always centralizing the entire table
• Input from file
  • The generator should accept a set of files extensions as the input
    • CSV, JSON, custom extension
• Interactive CLI

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How to use it

1. Clone the table-generator.sh file on ./README.md

2. Customize the raw_columns and raw_rows variables

   • raw_columns are the table headers separated by :
   • raw_rows are each row's content in the same order as raw_columns
     • Each row must start with -
     • Each row column must be separated by :
     • The amount of row columns must be equal to the amount of header columns

3. Run bash table-generator.sh on the terminal

4. Copy the console output

5. Pasta it on a markdown document