html2pdf

Converts html to pdf by way of Google Chrome

Chrome is, quite possibly, the best tool for generating a good looking PDF from an HTML file. Surprisingly, they offer a command line interface for this.

html2pdf will convert a local .html file to PDF by invoking chrome. It can also handle HTML that’s been piped in.

Should work on macOS, Linux, and FreeBSD

Prerequisets: Chrome

Usage

Usage: html2pdf [-i input_file.html | -o output_file.pdf | -h]
    -h Display this help message
    -i specify the path to a file to convert
    -o specify the name/path to the output file

    If you don't specify an input file STDIN will be used.
    If you don't specify an output file ./output.pdf will be created.
    If your file doesn't end in .html Chrome will treat it as text

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  • html
  • pdf