takes template with -t option and searches in a custom templates dir

mkd2pdf

#!/bin/bash
# Autor: Alex Wall
# Licence: GPLv3 

# pandoc (markdown2pdf) needs an path to a template 
# this script searches for a template in a custom folder (TEMPLATE_DIR)
# you can pass any other option (e.g. xetex), it will be passed to markdown2pdf 

# the default custom pandoc template (latex.template) in ~/.pandoc/templates
TEMPLATE="latex.template"
TEMPLATE_DIR=$HOME/.pandoc/templates/

while getopts 't:' OPTION ; do
case $OPTION in
	t)	TEMPLATE=$TEMPLATE_DIR$OPTARG.template
	    shift $((OPTIND-1));;
	\?)	# do nothing 
	;;
	:)	echo "Option \"-$OPTARG\" needs an argument"
		echo $HELP ; exit 1;;
esac
done

# run markdown2pdf with options

markdown2pdf --template=$TEMPLATE $@