markdown_to_pdf.sh

#!/bin/sh
pdf_stylesheet="/Users/dkirschner/dev/mapr/apache_spark/ebook/spark-book-theme/pdf/pdf.css"
theme_stylesheet="/Users/dkirschner/dev/mapr/apache_spark/ebook/spark-ebook/theme/pdf/pdf.css"
print_stylesheet="/Users/dkirschner/dev/mapr/apache_spark/ebook/spark-book-theme/pdf/pdf_print.css"

USAGE="Usage: -f markdown file with md file ending, -o optional output file with pdf ending, -p anything here will turn on print mode, -? or -h prints usage"

while getopts “ht:f:o:p” OPTION
do
  case $OPTION in
    h)
      echo $USAGE
      exit 1
      ;;
    f)
      markdown=$OPTARG
      ;;
    o)
      pdf=$OPTARG
      ;;
    p)
      PRINT=1
      ;;
    ?)
      echo $USAGE
      exit
      ;;
  esac
done

if [[ -z $markdown ]] 
then
  echo $USAGE
  exit 1
fi


# convert supplied markdown file to html using prince

# convert markdown to html
html=$(echo "$markdown" | sed 's/\.md/\.html/')

echo "converting markdown to html file which will be $html..."

`pandoc $markdown -o $html`

if [[ -z $pdf ]]
then
  pdf=$(echo "$html" | sed 's/html/pdf/')
fi

echo "converting html to pdf which will be $pdf"

# convert html to pdf

if [ -z $PRINT ]
then
  echo "generating web version of pdf..."
  prince $html -o $pdf -s $pdf_stylesheet -s $theme_stylesheet
else
  echo "generating print version of pdf..."  
  prince $html -o $pdf -s $pdf_stylesheet -s $theme_stylesheet -s $print_stylesheet
fi

# remove the html file we generated earlier
rm $html