markdown_to_pdf.sh

#!/bin/bash
set -e
set -x
unset TEXMF
# This script uses pandoc to convert markdown to pdf. 
if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
    echo "USAGE: ./$0 filename.pandoc [optional]"
    exit
fi


#LATEX="pdflatex -shell-escape"
LATEX="lualatex --shell-escape"

filename=$1
outputFile="${filename%.pandoc}.pdf"

texFile=${filename%.pandoc}.tex
# now convert the file to pdf
PANDOC="pandoc ${@:2}" # --filter $HOME/Scripts/pandoc/image_local_copy.hs "
PANDOC="$PANDOC --data-dir=$HOME/Scripts/pandoc --number-sections"

INFMT=markdown+citations+tex_math_dollars+multiline_tables+latex_macros+header_attributes+yaml_metadata_block+table_captions
echo "Converting $filename to $outputFile using pandoc"
latex="true"
if [[ $latex =~ "true" ]]; then
    $PANDOC -s -f $INFMT -t latex -o $texFile $filename
    $LATEX  $texFile
else
    $PANDOC -s -f $INFMT -o $outputFile $filename
fi