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cmark: Convert straight quotes to smart quotes.

cmark

$ cmark --smart --to html ${filename-md}

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This command uses the cmark tool to convert a Markdown file to HTML format, with the additional option --smart which enables smart punctuation, and ${filename-md} as a placeholder for the actual Markdown filename.

Here's a breakdown of each component:

cmark: This is the command-line interface (CLI) tool for CommonMark, a specification for Markdown. It allows us to convert Markdown files to other formats.
--smart: This flag/option tells cmark to process smart punctuation, which involves transforming double quotes, dashes, and ellipses into their typographically correct counterparts.
--to html: This option instructs cmark to convert the Markdown input to HTML format.
${filename-md}: This is a placeholder for the actual filename of the Markdown file you want to convert. The -md suffix suggests that the filename uses the .md extension commonly associated with Markdown files.

Overall, the command takes a Markdown file as input, applies smart punctuation, and converts it to HTML using the cmark tool.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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