Highlight Bash/shell code in Markdown files

Question

How can I highlight the Bash/shell commands in Markdown files?

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For example, to highlight js, I write:

Answer 1

It depends on the Markdown rendering engine and the Markdown flavour. There is no standard for this. If you mean GitHub flavoured Markdown for example, shell should work fine. Aliases are sh, bash or zsh. You can find the list of available syntax lexers here.