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  1. BEGIN { FS = OFS = "\n"; RS = "" } # paragraph mode
  2. $1 ~ /^[#]{1,6} / {
  3.     if (inlist) { inlist = 0; print "<ul>" }
  4.     len = index($1, " ") - 1
  5.     print "<h" len ">" substr($1,len+2) "</h" len ">"
  6.     next }
  7. $1 ~ /^[-] / {
  8.     if (! inlist) { inlist = 1; print "<ul>" }
  9.     print "<li>" substr($1,3) "</li>"
  10.     next }
  11. {   if (inlist) { inlist = 0; print "</ul>" }
  12.     print "<p>" $0 "</p>" }
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This is a text paragraph.

# Heading level 1

This is another text paragraph.

- List item 1

- List item 2

- List item 3

This is still another text paragraph.

### Heading level 3

This is the last text paragraph.
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<p>This is a text paragraph.</p>
<h1>Heading level 1</h1>
<p>This is another text paragraph.</p>
<ul>
<li>List item 1</li>
<li>List item 2</li>
<li>List item 3</li>
</ul>
<p>This is still another text paragraph.</p>
<h3>Heading level 3</h3>
<p>This is the last text paragraph.</p>
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