kinda incorrect all-in-one

convert_transcript.lua

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+#!/usr/bin/env luajit
+local input_file_name, output_file_name = arg[1], arg[2]
+assert(input_file_name and output_file_name,
+  "You must enter an input file and output file."
+  .. "(This is for the intermediate file before an EPUB is output.)")
+
+print("Author (YouTube channel): ")
+local author = io.read("*line")
+print("Link (paste the video URL): ")
+local link = io.read("*line")
+
+local title = input_file_name:sub(1, -5)   -- assumes .txt extension
+
+local output_file = io.open(output_file_name, "w")
+assert(output_file, "Could not open \"" .. output_file_name .. "\"")
+
+for _, line in ipairs{
+  "---",
+  "title: \"" .. title .. "\"",
+  "author: \"" .. author .. "\"",
+  "publisher: \"yt-transcript-tools v0.1\"",
+  "---",
+  "",
+  "From [" .. link .. "](" .. link .. ")",
+  "",
+} do
+  output_file:write(line)
+  output_file:write("\n")
+end
+
+for line in io.lines(input_file_name) do
+  output_file:write("`") -- make this line a code block on its own
+
+  -- if not appearing to start with a timecode,
+  -- indent by the width of a timecode
+  if not (line:sub(3, 3) == ":") then
+    output_file:write(string.rep(" ", 6))
+  end
+
+  output_file:write(line)
+  output_file:write("`") -- close the code block
+  output_file:write("\n")
+end
+
+output_file:close()