Render a code file to a with pdflatex and minted syntax highlighted and with inkscape from PDF converted SVG file

render_code_to_svg.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Usage: ./render_code_to_svg.sh hello_world.c
#        -> Creates hello_world.svg

CODE_FILE="$1"
CODE_FILE_EXTENSION="${CODE_FILE##*.}"
CODE_FILE_OUT="${CODE_FILE%.${CODE_FILE_EXTENSION}}.svg"
BUILD_DIR=build

if [[ $# -eq 0 ]] ; then
    echo "No code file argument was provided!"
    exit 1
fi
if [ ! -f "$CODE_FILE" ]; then
    echo "Code file not found!"
    exit 1
fi

echo "Render '$CODE_FILE' to '$CODE_FILE_OUT' (pdflatex+minted{$CODE_FILE_EXTENSION}, inkscape)"

mkdir -p "$BUILD_DIR"

echo "\documentclass[
  border={0.7cm 0.15cm 0 0.15cm}, %left bottom right top (exists so that the linenos show up)
]{standalone}
\usepackage[outputdir=$BUILD_DIR]{minted}
\usepackage{varwidth}
\begin{document}
\begin{varwidth}{\linewidth}
\begin{minted}[
fontsize=\footnotesize,
linenos=true
]{$CODE_FILE_EXTENSION}" > "$BUILD_DIR/code.tex"
cat "$CODE_FILE" >> "$BUILD_DIR/code.tex"
echo "\end{minted}
\end{varwidth}
\end{document}" >> "$BUILD_DIR/code.tex"

echo "------------------"
cat "$BUILD_DIR/code.tex"
echo "------------------"

pdflatex -shell-escape -output-directory="$BUILD_DIR" "$BUILD_DIR/code.tex"
inkscape -o "$CODE_FILE_OUT" --export-type=svg --export-text-to-path "$BUILD_DIR/code.pdf"