A script to convert Markdown to PDF

pandoc-md-to-pdf.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Check if input file is provided
if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
    echo "Usage: $0 input.md"
    exit 1
fi

# Get the input file
INPUT_FILE="$1"

# Check if input file exists
if [ ! -f "$INPUT_FILE" ]; then
    echo "Error: File '$INPUT_FILE' not found."
    exit 1
fi

# Extract basename without extension
BASENAME="${INPUT_FILE%.*}"

# Run pandoc with Docker to convert markdown to PDF
docker run --rm -v "$(pwd):/data" pandoc/latex "$INPUT_FILE" -o "$BASENAME.pdf" \
    -V geometry:letterpaper \
    -V geometry:left=0.75in \
    -V geometry:right=0.75in \
    -V geometry:top=0.75in \
    -V geometry:bottom=1in \
    -V fontsize=12pt \
    -V documentclass=report

# Check if conversion was successful
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "Conversion successful: '$BASENAME.pdf' created."
else
    echo "Error: Conversion failed."
    exit 1
fi