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- Convert the output from another command to PDF, using a specific PDF engine:

`pandoc {{path/to/input.md}} --pdf-engine {{tectonic|weasyprint|typst|...}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output.pdf}}`
`{{command}} | pandoc --pdf-engine {{tectonic|weasyprint|typst|...}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output.pdf}}`
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pandoc doesn't automatically detect the format when reading from stdin.

https://manned.org/pandoc

If no input file is specified (so that input comes from stdin), or if the input
files’ extensions are unknown, the input format will be assumed to be
Markdown.

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`{{command}} | pandoc --pdf-engine {{tectonic|weasyprint|typst|...}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output.pdf}}`
`{{command}} | pandoc {{[-f|--from]}} {{input_format}} --pdf-engine {{tectonic|weasyprint|typst|...}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output.pdf}}`

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