Powershell script to convert a markdown file into an word document by using pandoc

build.ps1

<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Script to convert markdown file to word document
.DESCRIPTION
    Convertes a markdown file into an word document using pandoc as converter. The process uses a word template file
.PARAMETER i
    Specifies the input file. This is the markdown file
.PARAMETER o 
    Specifies the output file. This is the word document
.PARAMETER t
    specifies the name of the word template used to convert the markdown file to a word document
.EXAMPLE
    C:\PS> ./build.ps1 -i myfile.md -o myfile.docx -t mytemplate.docx
    Example that converts the file myfile.md
.NOTES
    Author: Oliver Graf
    Date:   November 19, 2016    
#>

#Requires -Version 3.0

param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory)][string]$in,
    [Parameter(Mandatory)][string]$out,
    [string]$temp = "build.docx"      
)

Write-Host ("Processing file {0} with template {1} and convert to {2}" -f $in, $temp, $out)
pandoc --reference-docx=$temp $in -o $out