Markdown to PDF build CLI

md_pdf_build.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Requires: pandoc (brew install pandoc), Google Chrome
set -euo pipefail

MD="file.md"
HTML="file.html"
CSS="file.css"
PDF="file.pdf"
CHROME="/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome"

# 1. Markdown -> standalone HTML (custom CSS embedded, wrapped in .page div)
pandoc "$MD" \
  --standalone \
  --css="$CSS" \
  --include-before-body=page-open.html \
  --include-after-body=page-close.html \
  --embed-resources \
  -o "$HTML"

# 2. HTML -> PDF via headless Chrome
"$CHROME" \
  --headless \
  --disable-gpu \
  --print-to-pdf="$PDF" \
  --no-pdf-header-footer \
  "file://$(pwd)/$HTML"

echo "Built $HTML and $PDF from $MD"

# page-open.html
# <div class="page">

# page-close.html
# </div>