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Help with Run Program

MathStatChem — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 19:16:13 GMT

I want to run PanDoc on a markdown file using JMP's Run Program command. I am on MacOS. I have looked at the scripting guide and the Scripting Index, but I cannot seem to get the correct syntax.

On my system PanDoc is installed at

/opt/homebrew/Cellar/pandoc/3.7.0.2/bin/pandoc

the command line to use pandoc would be this

pandoc <path>/markdown.md -f markdown -o <path>/markdown.html

I tried this and will not work. Note that <path> is the path to the files, I did not include that here.

Run Program(
   Executable("/opt/homebrew/Cellar/pandoc/3.7.0.2/bin/pandoc"),
   Options(
      {
         "<path>/markdown.md -f markdown -o <path>/markdown.html"
      }
   )
)

Any idea on how I can get this to work?

Re: Help with Run Program

MathStatChem — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 19:49:19 GMT

Nevermind, I figured it out. You have to separate the options string in to pieces... this works

Run Program(
   Executable("/opt/homebrew/Cellar/pandoc/3.7.0.2/bin/pandoc"),
   Options({"<path>/markdown.md", "-f", "markdown", "-o",  "<path>/markdown.html"})
)

Re: Help with Run Program

Craige_Hales — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 10:37:35 GMT

Mac does require the parameters split. Win works either way.

Re: Help with Run Program

MathStatChem — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 11:38:36 GMT

That is good to know. Thanks.