first draft of installing programs

utils/rndrmarkdown

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+#!/bin/bash
+outfile="output.pdf"
+display=false
+identity=false # keep same filename, but append '.pdf'
+# -o flag with argument for output file (default output.pdf)
+# -i flag (short for identity) to simply add '.pdf' to the filename
+# -d flag to automatically display the output file after rendering
+while getopts "o:id" opt; do
+	case ${opt} in
+		o) 
+			outfile=$OPTARG
+			;;
+                i)
+                        identity=true
+                        ;;
+		d)
+			display=true
+                        ;;
+	esac
+done
+
+# remove all processed args
+shift $((OPTIND - 1))
+
+if [[ $1 == '' ]] ; then
+	echo "fatal: please provide an input file"
+	echo "usage: rndrmarkdown [-d] [-o <outfile>] infile.md"
+	echo "usage: rndrmarkdown [-d] [-i] infile.md"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+infile=$1
+
+if [ $identity = true ]; then
+    outfile="$1.pdf"
+fi
+
+echo "in $infile out $outfile display $display"
+
+pandoc -s \
+	-V linkcolor:blue \
+	-V fontfamily:courier \
+	-V fontsize=12pt \
+	-V geometry:margin=0.85in \
+	-o "$outfile" "$infile"
+
+if [[ $display == true ]] ; then
+	echo "opening $outfile..."
+	xdg-open $outfile
+fi
+