#!/usr/bin/env python
import markdown
import html2text
import sys

markdownfile = sys.argv[1]
with open(markdownfile, 'r') as f:
    md = f.read()
    html = markdown.markdown(md)


h = html2text.HTML2Text()

h.ignore_links = True
h.wrap_list_items = True
h.unicode_snob = True
h.ignore_emphasis = True
h.bypass_tables = True
h.ignore_tables = True

text = h.handle(html)
print (text)