Compile *.md files to single or multiple pdf files with Python

md2pdf.spy

import sys
import os
import re
from shellpython.helpers import Dir

'''
Compile *.md files to single or multiple pdf files

Requirments:
Python 3
pip install shellpy

Node
Before use install node and then run: npm install -g markdown-pdf

apt-get install gs # linux
brew install gs    # mac
'''

# get dest dir like "up\ \&\ going/"
dst_dir = sys.argv[1]
dst_dir_name = re.sub(r"&|/|\ |\\", "_", dst_dir)
print(dst_dir_name)

with Dir(dst_dir):
    result = `ls
    if result:
        mdfiles = filter(lambda fname: os.path.splitext(fname)[1] == '.md', result)
        converted = []
        for mdfile in mdfiles:
            result = `markdown-pdf -f A4 {mdfile}
            if result:
                print('Converting %s done' % mdfile)
                converted.append(os.path.splitext(mdfile)[0]+'.pdf')
        files = ' '.join(converted)
        print('Join converted files: %s' % files)
        result = `gs -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile={dst_dir_name}.pdf {files}
        if result:
            print('Convert done in to %s' % dst_dir_name)