diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/eslint-coding-style.sh b/.gitlab-ci/eslint-coding-style.sh
index 772d7463e..39f00530e 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/eslint-coding-style.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/eslint-coding-style.sh
@@ -6,36 +6,36 @@ trap "rm -rf $OUTDIR" EXIT
 
 # Turn ```javascript``` code snippets in the
 # style guide into .js files in $OUTDIR
-awk --assign dir=$OUTDIR -- '
-  BEGIN {
-    do_print = 0;
-    cur = 0;
-  }
+cat <<'EOF' | python3 - docs/js-coding-style.md $OUTDIR
+import sys
+import re
 
-  # end of code snippet
-  /```$/ {
-    do_print = 0;
-    cur++;
-  }
+def extract_js_snippets(input_file, output_dir):
+    with open(input_file, 'r') as file:
+        content = file.read()
 
-  do_print {
-    # remove one level of indent
-    sub("    ","")
+    # Find all JavaScript code blocks using regex
+    js_blocks = re.findall(r'```javascript\n(.*?)\n?```', content, flags=re.DOTALL)
 
-    # the following are class snippets, turn them
-    # into functions to not confuse eslint
-    sub("moveActor","function moveActor")
-    sub("desaturateActor","function desaturateActor")
+    for i, (match) in enumerate(js_blocks):
+        js_code = match
 
-    # finally, append to the currently generated .js file
-    print >> dir "/" cur ".js";
-  }
+        # Remove one level of indent
+        js_code = re.sub(r'^ {4}', '', js_code, flags=re.MULTILINE)
 
-  # start of code snippet
-  /```javascript$/ {
-    do_print = 1;
-  }
-' docs/js-coding-style.md
+        # The following are class snippets, turn them
+        # into functions to not confuse eslint
+        js_code = re.sub(r'^moveActor', 'function moveActor', js_code)
+        js_code = re.sub(r'^desaturateActor', 'function desaturateActor', js_code)
+
+        # Finally, create a .js file in the output directory
+        output_filename = f'{output_dir}/{i}.js'
+        with open(output_filename, 'w') as out_file:
+            out_file.write(f'{js_code}\n')
+
+input_file, output_dir = sys.argv[1:]
+extract_js_snippets(input_file, output_dir)
+EOF
 
 eslint \
   --rule 'no-undef: off' \