Converts Markdown in clipboard to a rich document in clipboard

md2rich.sh

# Detect if input is piped; otherwise, use clipboard content
if [ -p /dev/stdin ]; then
  input=$(cat)
else
  input=$(pbpaste)
fi

# Convert Markdown to HTML (disable YAML parsing and table extensions to avoid issues with --- horizontal rules)
html=$(echo "$input" | pandoc -f markdown-yaml_metadata_block-simple_tables-multiline_tables-grid_tables -t html)

# Optional: Pretty print Markdown
echo "Pretty printed Markdown:"
echo "------------------------"
if command -v rich >/dev/null 2>&1; then
  echo "$input" | rich - -m
else
  echo "$input"
fi
echo "------------------------"

# Convert HTML to hex string (ensure no newlines)
hex=$(echo -n "$html" | xxd -p | tr -d '\n')

# Create temporary file for AppleScript (avoids shell escaping issues with long strings)
tmpfile=$(mktemp)
trap "rm -f '$tmpfile'" EXIT

# Write AppleScript to temp file using printf (handles very long strings better than heredoc)
printf 'set the clipboard to {text:" ", «class HTML»:«data HTML%s»}' "$hex" > "$tmpfile"

# Execute AppleScript from file
osascript "$tmpfile"

# Notify user
echo "Rich text has been copied to the clipboard. ✨"