pandoc pdf script

htmlgen.sh

#!/bin/bash -u

# you can find the css here:
# https://gist.githubusercontent.com/killercup/5917178/raw/40840de5352083adb2693dc742e9f75dbb18650f/pandoc.css

## html creation via pandoc and LaTex
generate_html() {
    # this generates more valid html but gives us a big fat h1 title
    # no idea how to get the %title defined in markdown
    #pandoc ${1} --metadata=title="based on file $(basename $2)" -s -t html5 --css="$(dirname $0)/pandoc.css" -o ${2}

    # this version just supresses the warning and the resulting file looks as it should
    pandoc ${1} --quiet -s -t html5 --css="$(dirname $0)/pandoc.css" -o ${2}

}


format_htmlname() {
    unset htmlfile
    htmlfile=$(echo ${1} | sed 's/\.md/\.html/') &&
    export htmlfile
}


check_html() {
    ## if no html exists, or is outdated, create it
    if ! [ -x ${htmlfile} ] || [ ${htmlfile} -ot ${mdfile} ]; then
        generate_html ${mdfile} ${htmlfile}
    fi
}


if [ $# -eq 1 ] && test -r $1 ; then
    mdfile=$1
    format_htmlname $mdfile &&
    check_html
    exit $?
fi

## loop over all files in markdown format
for mdfile in $(find . -type f -name "*md") ; do
    format_htmlname $mdfile &&
    check_html || exit $?

done

pdfgen.sh

#!/bin/bash -u


## pdf creation via pandoc and LaTex
generate_pdf() {
    pandoc ${1} --pdf-engine=pdflatex -o ${2}
}


format_pdfname() {
    unset pdffile
    pdffile=$(echo ${1} | sed 's/\.md/\.pdf/') &&
    export pdffile
}


check_pdf() {
    ## if no pdf exists, or is outdated, create it
    if ! [ -x ${pdffile} ] || [ ${pdffile} -ot ${mdfile} ]; then
        generate_pdf ${mdfile} ${pdffile}
    fi
}


if [ $# -eq 1 ] && test -r $1 ; then
    mdfile=$1
    format_pdfname $mdfile &&
    check_pdf
    exit $?
fi

## loop over all files in markdown format
for mdfile in $(find . -type f -name "*md") ; do
    format_pdfname $mdfile &&
    check_pdf || exit $?

done