To pass a variable as a value of the '--template' option #9790
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I have an HTML template stored as a string variable, that is, Is it possible to pass this variable as a value of the That is, instead of using I want to use something like Is it possible somehow? |
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Using zsh "process substitution" almost works, but not quite, because pandoc looks for an appropriate extension on the template filename and if it isn't found, it tries to find it in the |
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Of course you could always use |
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Many thanks, John! |
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John, sorry for a late reply. The first line work fine, but the second returns where If I understand you correctly, you said that the second line doesn't work in its current state because
But what I see from the error message above is that extension seems to be guessed correctly. Nevertheless, the line itself doesn't work. What might be a reason? |
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@jsx97 @jgm it would be nice if there was an option to directly pass a template as text. this would avoid the need to handle temporary files. ... |
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@cagix Could you show how to use a temporary file here? |
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Of course you could always use
mktempand create a temporary file to hold the template.