Markdown to PDF converter CLI wrapper made using Pandoc

md2pdf.sh

#!/bin/zsh

# This script takes three arguments: input filename, output filename and optional font-face name
# It uses pandoc to convert the input file to a pdf file with specified options
# If no font-face name is provided, it defaults to 'Optima'

# Check if the number of arguments is correct
if [ $# -lt 2 ] || [ $# -gt 3 ]; then
  echo "Usage: ${0##*/} input.md output.pdf [font-face]"
  exit 1
fi

# Assign the arguments to variables
input_file=$1
output_file=$2
font_face=${3:-Optima}

# Run the pandoc command with the input and output files and the font-face option
pandoc -s -V geometry:margin=.75in --pdf-engine=xelatex -V mainfont:"$font_face" -o "$output_file" "$input_file"

# Check if the conversion was successful
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
  echo "Conversion successful!"
else
  echo "Conversion failed!"
  exit 2
fi