Update md2pdf.sh

Build/md2pdf.sh

@@ -1,9 +1,34 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # Script based on https://learnbyexample.github.io/tutorial/ebook-generation/customizing-pandoc/
+
+Help()
+{
+   # Display Help
+   echo "Generate guide PDF from a master MarkDown file."
+   echo
+   echo "Syntax: md2pdf.sh ./Build/<mastermarkdown> <output.pdf>"
+   echo
+   exit
+}
+
+while getopts ":h" option; do
+   case $option in
+      h | *) # display Help
+         Help
+         exit;;
+   esac
+done
+
+if [ -z "$1" ]
+then
+   Help
+   exit
+fi
+
 SCRIPT=$(readlink -f "$0")
 SCRIPTPATH=$(dirname "$SCRIPT")
-
-pandoc "$tfl" \
+echo -e "\e[1;32m Running Pandoc to generate the LaTex file. \e[0m"
+pandoc "$1" \
     -f gfm \
     --toc \
     --listings \
@@ -20,15 +45,16 @@ pandoc "$tfl" \
     -V mainfont="DejaVu Serif" \
     -V monofont="DejaVu Sans Mono" \
     --pdf-engine=xelatex \
-    -o temp.tex
+    -o /tmp/temp.tex
 
+echo -e "\e[1;32m Running Perl to format the output. \e[0m"
 fn="${2%.*}"
 
-perl -0777 -pe 's/begin\{document\}\n\n\K(.*?^\}$)(.+?)\n/$2\n\\thispagestyle{empty}\n\n$1\n/ms' temp.tex > ${fn}.tex
-
-xelatex ${SCRIPTPATH}/${fn}.tex &> /dev/null
-xelatex ${SCRIPTPATH}/${fn}.tex &> /dev/null
+perl -0777 -pe 's/begin\{document\}\n\n\K(.*?^\}$)(.+?)\n/$2\n\\thispagestyle{empty}\n\n$1\n/ms' /tmp/temp.tex > ${SCRIPTPATH}/${fn}.tex
 
-rm temp.tex "$fn".{tex,toc,aux,log}
+echo -e "\e[1;32m Generating PDF. \e[0m"
+xelatex ${SCRIPTPATH}/${fn}.tex > ${SCRIPTPATH}/pdfgen.log
 
+echo -e "\e[1;32m Cleanning temp files. \e[0m"
+rm /tmp/temp.tex "$fn".{tex,toc,aux,log}