CLI Cheat Sheet

Quick reference guide for the Webdown command-line interface.

Basic Commands

# Basic conversion
webdown https://example.com

# Save to file
webdown https://example.com -o output.md

# Generate table of contents
webdown https://example.com -t

# Show progress bar
webdown https://example.com -p

# Extract specific content
webdown https://example.com -s "main"

# Plain text version (no links/images)
webdown https://example.com -L -I

# Compact output with width of 80 chars
webdown https://example.com -c -w 80

Advanced Usage

# Single line breaks (more compact)
webdown https://example.com --single-line-break

# Unicode support
webdown https://example.com --unicode

# Custom emphasis markers
webdown https://example.com --emphasis-mark "*" --strong-mark "__"

# Keep tables as HTML
webdown https://example.com --tables-as-html

# Streaming mode for large documents (5MB threshold)
webdown https://example.com --stream-threshold 5242880

# Protect links from wrapping
webdown https://example.com --protect-links

# Images as HTML
webdown https://example.com --images-as-html

# Default alt text for images
webdown https://example.com --default-image-alt "image"

# Add padding to tables
webdown https://example.com --pad-tables

# Wrap list items
webdown https://example.com --wrap-list-items

Complete Example

# Extract main content, add TOC, compact output, 80 char width,
# show progress, use Unicode, and single line breaks
webdown https://example.com -s "main" -t -c -w 80 -p \
  --unicode --single-line-break -o output.md

Options Reference

Category	Option	Description
Output	-o FILE	Write to file
	-p	Show progress bar
Content	-s SELECTOR	CSS selector for content
	-L	Remove links
	-I	Remove images
Format	-t	Add table of contents
	-c	Compact output
	-w N	Set line width
	--stream-threshold N	Size threshold for streaming
Advanced	--single-line-break	Use single line breaks
	--unicode	Use Unicode characters
	--protect-links	Prevent link wrapping
	--images-as-html	Keep images as HTML
	--tables-as-html	Keep tables as HTML
	--emphasis-mark CHAR	Custom emphasis marker
	--strong-mark CHARS	Custom strong emphasis marker
	--default-image-alt TEXT	Default alt text
	--pad-tables	Add padding for tables
	--wrap-list-items	Wrap list items
Meta	-V	Show version
	-h	Show help