#!/bin/bash
# Author: Jens Getreu
# sudo apt install pandoc
# parse args
render () {
#set -x
InPath="$1"
InFile="${InPath##*/}"
InBase="${InFile%.*}"
InDir="${InPath%/*}"
if [ "$InDir" = "$InPath" ] ; then
InDir="."
fi
OutPath="$2"
OutFile="${OutPath##*/}"
OutBase="${OutFile%.*}"
OutDir="${OutPath%/*}"
if [ "$OutDir" = "$OutPath" ] ; then
OutDir="."
fi
# process
ManFile="$OutBase.1"
mkdir -p "$OutDir"
pandoc -s -t man -o "$OutDir/$ManFile" "$InPath"
gzip -f "$OutDir/$ManFile"
}
### Main
# usage:
# render FILE [FILE]
# render report.md ./rendition/report.1
if [[ -n "${2/[ ]*\n/}" ]] ; then
OutPath="$2"
else
OutPath="${1%.*}.html" # $2 is empty
fi
render "$1" "$OutPath"