#!/bin/bash

################
# Supply 2 arguments: input file (in markdown) and output file (a PDF)
# If no output file is specified, a file in the name of "a.out" will be created
#
# Requires the following to be preinstalled:
# wkhtmltopdf   It can be installed through brew or your OS's package manager
# markdown_py   It can be installed with pip: pip install markdown_py
################

if [ "$#" -eq "0" ]
then
    echo "No input file specified!"
    exit 1
fi

markdown_py "$1" > "temptempmarkdown.html"

if [ "$#" -eq "1" ]
then
    wkhtmltopdf "temptempmarkdown.html" "a.pdf"

else
    wkhtmltopdf "temptempmarkdown.html" "$2"
fi

rm "temptempmarkdown.html"

exit 0