.TH "cmark" "1" "November 30, 2014" "LOCAL" "General Commands Manual" .SH "NAME" \fBcmark\fR \- convert CommonMark formatted text to HTML .SH "SYNOPSIS" .HP 6n \fBcmark\fR [\fB\-\-ast\fR] file* .SH "DESCRIPTION" \fBcmark\fR acts as a pipe, reading from \fRstdin\fR or from the specified files and writing to \fRstdout\fR. It converts Markdown formatted plain text to HTML, using the conventions described in the CommonMark spec. If multiple files are specified, the contents of the files are simply concatenated before parsing. .SH "OPTIONS" .TP 12n \-\--ast Print an abstract syntax tree instead of HTML. .TP 12n \-\-help Print usage information. .TP 12n \-\-version Print version. .SH "AUTHORS" John MacFarlane