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This is a simple command-line tool to convert .txt files into genereated .html files.
Download
$ npm i til-tool
Features
Pass in a .txt file and it'll generate an html file which is stored in ./til directory.
Pass in a directory and it'll look for and find all .txt files within the directory and genereate multiple html files in ./til directory.
Argument
Argument
Role
fileName/dirName
converts files to html
Example: Converts a .text file .html file
./example1.txt
This is the first paragraph.
This is the second paragraph.
$ ts-node src/index.ts example1.txt
./til/example1.html
<!doctype html><htmllang="en"><head><metacharset="utf-8" /><title>example1</title><metaname="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /></head><body><h1>example1</h1><p>This is the first paragraph.</p><p>This is the second paragraph.</p></body></html>
Example: Convert .txt files in a directory to .html files stored in ./til direcotry
./examples/text1.txt
This is the text1.txt in examples directory.
This is the text1.txt in examples directory.
./examples/text2.txt
This is the text2.txt in examples directory.
This is the text2.txt in examples directory.
$ ts-node src/index.ts examples
./til/text1.html
<!doctype html><htmllang="en"><head><metacharset="utf-8" /><title>text1</title><metaname="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /></head><body><h1>text1</h1><p>This is the text1.txt in examples directory.</p><p>This is the text1.txt in examples directory.</p></body></html>
./til/text2.html
<!doctype html><htmllang="en"><head><metacharset="utf-8" /><title>text2</title><metaname="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /></head><body><h1>text2</h1><p>This is the text2.txt in examples directory.</p><p>This is the text2.txt in examples directory.</p></body></html>
Allow the user to specify a different output directory using --output or -o. If not specified, til will be used, but if the user specifies a different output path, use that. The program should create the directory if it does not exist.
Example: Converts a .text file to .html file stored in the specified directory instead './til'
./example1.txt
This is the first paragraph.
This is the second paragraph.
./build/example1.html
<!doctype html><htmllang="en"><head><metacharset="utf-8" /><title>example1</title><metaname="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /></head><body><h1>example1</h1><p>This is the first paragraph.</p><p>This is the second paragraph.</p></body></html>
Example: Convert .txt files in a directory to .html files stored in the specified directory instead './til'
./examples/text1.txt
This is the text1.txt in examples directory.
This is the text1.txt in examples directory.
./examples/text2.txt
This is the text2.txt in examples directory.
This is the text2.txt in examples directory.
./build/text1.html
<!doctype html><htmllang="en"><head><metacharset="utf-8" /><title>text1</title><metaname="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /></head><body><h1>text1</h1><p>This is the text1.txt in examples directory.</p><p>This is the text1.txt in examples directory.</p></body></html>
./build/text2.html
<!doctype html><htmllang="en"><head><metacharset="utf-8" /><title>text2</title><metaname="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /></head><body><h1>text2</h1><p>This is the text2.txt in examples directory.</p><p>This is the text2.txt in examples directory.</p></body></html>
-s, --stylesheet:
Allow the user to optionally specify a --stylesheet or -s URL to a CSS stylesheet to be used in the of your generated HTML files.
Example: Converts a .text file to .html file with a stylesheet
./example1.txt
This is the first paragraph.
This is the second paragraph.
./til/example1.html
<!doctype html><htmllang="en"><head><metacharset="utf-8" /><title>example1</title><metaname="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><linkrel="stylesheet"
href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/water.css@2/out/water.css"
/></head><body><h1>example1</h1><p>This is the first paragraph.</p><p>This is the second paragraph.</p></body></html>
Example: Convert .txt files in a directory to .html files with a stylesheet
./examples/text1.txt
This is the text1.txt in examples directory.
This is the text1.txt in examples directory.
./examples/text2.txt
This is the text2.txt in examples directory.
This is the text2.txt in examples directory.
./til/text1.html
<!doctype html><htmllang="en"><head><metacharset="utf-8" /><title>text1</title><metaname="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><linkrel="stylesheet"
href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/water.css@2/out/water.css"
/></head><body><h1>text1</h1><p>This is the text1.txt in examples directory.</p><p>This is the text1.txt in examples directory.</p></body></html>
./til/text2.html
<!doctype html><htmllang="en"><head><metacharset="utf-8" /><title>text2</title><metaname="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><linkrel="stylesheet"
href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/water.css@2/out/water.css"
/></head><body><h1>text2</h1><p>This is the text2.txt in examples directory.</p><p>This is the text2.txt in examples directory.</p></body></html>
-l, --lang:
Allow the user to add an optional -i or --lang to indicate the language to use when generating the lang attribute on the root element.
Example: Converts a .text file to .html file with a lang attribute
./example1.txt
This is the first paragraph.
This is the second paragraph.
./til/example1.html
<!doctype html><htmllang="br"><head><metacharset="utf-8" /><title>example1</title><metaname="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /></head><body><p>This is the first paragraph.</p><p>This is the second paragraph.</p></body></html>
Example: Convert .txt files in a directory to .html files with a lang attribute
./examples/text1.txt
This is the text1.txt in examples directory.
This is the text1.txt in examples directory.
./examples/text2.txt
This is the text2.txt in examples directory.
This is the text2.txt in examples directory.
./til/text1.html
<!doctype html><htmllang="br"><head><metacharset="utf-8" /><title>text1</title><metaname="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /></head><body><h1>text1</h1><p>This is the text1.txt in examples directory.</p><p>This is the text1.txt in examples directory.</p></body></html>
./til/text2.html
<!doctype html><htmllang="br"><head><metacharset="utf-8" /><title>text2</title><metaname="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /></head><body><h1>text2</h1><p>This is the text2.txt in examples directory.</p><p>This is the text2.txt in examples directory.</p></body></html>