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How can I make a table of contents for a markdown document with Python/AWK/SED?

How can I make a table of contents for a markdown document with Python/AWK/SED?

I have the following markdown document:

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Guest [Entry]

The Markdown in Python implementation has support for extensions one of which includes Table of Contents generation. Additionally Pandoc (which is a Haskell markup->PDF has support for markdown (in addition to a bunch of other formats) and can output pretty HTML, LaTeX, PDFs, etc.
Guest [Entry]

See this article for a comparison of lightweight markup languages with some information on tables of contents that might lead you in the direction of a solution.