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    filter looksLikeMarkdown {
    if (
    # If it's got a markdown-like link
    $_ -match '\[[^\]]+\]\(' -or
    # Or any of the lines start with markdown special characters
    $_ -split '(?>\r\n|\n)' -match '\s{0,3}[\#*~`]'
    ) {
    # it's probably markdown
    $_
    }
    }

    # does not look like markdown
    "hello" | looksLikeMarkdown
    # does not look like markdown
    "<h1>hello world</h1>" | looksLikeMarkdown


    # Everything from here on down looks like markdown
    "[hello world](https://example.com)" | looksLikeMarkdown
    "# hello world" | looksLikeMarkdown
    "* one thing" | looksLikeMarkdown
    "~~~PowerShell
    'hello world'
    ~~~" | looksLikeMarkdown