makemd-tables

#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# Shorten and secure URL's in a [GFM](https://guides.github.com/features/mastering-markdown/#GitHub-flavored-markdown) 
# file's linking syntax (i.e. square brackets followed by parentheses as demonstrated above.)  
# 'Shorten' by removing unnecessary `www` hostnames and 'secure' by converting `http:` schemes to `https:`.
#
# Written By:    Derek Callaway [decal (AT) sdf {D0T} org]
# Last Modified: Sat Apr 14 02:27:36 DST 2018
# Tested On:     Ubuntu Bash in Windows Subsystem for Linux
#

[ ! -d scripts ] && echo

[ -f scripts/shared/colors ] && source scripts/shared/colors
[ -f scripts/shared/env ] && source scripts/shared/env 

if [ ! "$1" ]
  then echo -ne "${reset}"
  echo -e "${yellowf}usage${boldon}:${reset} ${bluef}${ulon}$0${reset} ${greenb}MDFILE${reset}"
  echo -e "  ${greenb}MDFILE${reset}  ${italicson}markdown file containing links to rewrite${reset}"
  echo 

  exit 1
fi

# for ardme in $(find . -type f -name 'README.md' -print | egrep '^[.]?/[a-z-]+/README.md$')
for ardme in $*
  do declare -i acnt=$(egrep -i '^[|]' $ardme | wc -l)

  [ $acnt -ne 0 ] && continue # keep going, no lines start with pipes, i.e. no markdown table
 
  cp -av "$ardme" "${ardme}.orig"

  echo '|    _Folder  Name_    | _Description of Contents_' >> "${ardme}.new"
  echo '|:----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------' >> "${ardme}.new"

  #cd $(dirname $ardme)

  (while read line
    do declare aname=$(echo $line | awk -F: '{print$1}') adesc=$(echo $line | cut -d ':' -f2-)
    cd $(dirname $ardme)
    declare alink=$(ls -1 -- ${aname}.*)
    cd ..
    echo "| [${aname}](${alink}) | $adesc " >> "${ardme}.new"
  done) < $ardme

  #cd ..

  echo >> "${ardme}.new"
  echo '* * *' >> "${ardme}.new"
  echo >> "${ardme}.new"

  mv -v "${ardme}.new" "${ardme}"
done

exit 0