Python Snippets for Markdown Processing

Abstract

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• A collection of handy python scripts that automate tedious markdown file operations. Maybe eventually I can turn them into a markdown manipulation CLi tool, who knows

Obtain Markdown Meta Data

List markdown files from smallest to biggest

Usually bigger file means more content, while smaller file means can be merged or removed

import os
 
def get_markdown_files(directory):
    """Recursively finds all Markdown files in a directory and its subdirectories.
 
    Args:
        directory: The path to the directory to search.
 
    Returns:
        A list of tuples, where each tuple contains:
            * The filename (str)
            * The file size in bytes (int)
    """
 
    markdown_files = []
    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(directory):
        if 'Omnivore' in dirs:
            dirs.remove('Omnivore')
        for filename in files:
            if filename.endswith('.md') and not filename.endswith('excalidraw.md'):
                filepath = os.path.join(root, filename)
                filesize = os.path.getsize(filepath)
                markdown_files.append((filename, filesize))
    return markdown_files
 
def main():
    current_directory = os.getcwd()  # Get the current working directory
    files = get_markdown_files(current_directory)
 
    # Sort files by size (ascending)
    files.sort(key=lambda item: item[1])
 
    # Print the results
    for filename, filesize in files:
        print(f"{filename:<40} {filesize} bytes")
 
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()