Convert MD to pdf

Making notes is easier on MD, so that it can be uploaded to git easily. However if these need to be shared as individual files, it is good to convert to pdf and send it across.

using the tool mdpdf. it is super easy

https://pypi.org/project/mdpdf/

Install mdpdf

pip install mdpdf

Usage

mdpdf -o <output file name> <input md file > 

To insert footer

mdpdf -a aravind -t "Inline Monitoring" -f "v1.0, Aravind, {page}" -o inline-monitoring.pdf 2022-09-12-inline-monitoring.md

Note that 3 values should be provided in the template, else you might see errors. you can use Empty string.

help

mdpdf --help


➜  _posts git:(master) ✗ mdpdf --help
Usage: mdpdf [OPTIONS] [INPUTS]...

  Convert Markdown to PDF.

  For options below, <template> is a quoted, comma-
  delimited string, containing the left, centre,
  and right, header/footer fields. Format is

    "[left],[middle],[right]"

  Possible values to put here are:
    - Empty string
    - Arbitrary text
    - {page} current page number
    - {header} current top-level body text heading
    - {date} current date

Options:
  -o, --output FILE        Destination for file output.  [required]
  -h, --header <template>  Sets the header template.
  -f, --footer <template>  Footer template.
  -t, --title TEXT         PDF title.
  -s, --subject TEXT       PDF subject.
  -a, --author TEXT        PDF author.
  -k, --keywords TEXT      PDF keywords.
  -p, --paper [letter|A4]  Paper size (default letter).
  --version                Show the version and exit.
  --help                   Show this message and exit.

Using pandoc

Pandoc is an alternative tool which can be used on macs.

Install

brew install pandoc
brew install basictex --cask
brew cask install basictex

Restart terminal

Convert md -> pdf

pandoc 2023-06-08-mapt.md -o output.pdf -V geometry:margin=1in

Adding meta data to md file

Have the below format for metadata

---
layout: post
title: MAP-T for IPv4-IPv6 translations
tags: linux junos
author:
 - Aravind Prabhakar
---

[ linux  ]