diff --git a/tools/pdf.sh b/tools/pdf.sh
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+function cleanAbsPath()
+{
+    local  cleanAbsPathStr="$( #spawns a new bash interpreter
+        cd "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 #change directory to that folder
+        pwd -P
+    )"
+    echo "$cleanAbsPathStr"
+}
+
+SCRIPT_PATH="$(cleanAbsPath "$(dirname "$0")")"
+BASE_PATH="$(cleanAbsPath "${SCRIPT_PATH}/..")"
+
+cd $BASE_PATH
+
+SED_OS_DEPENDANT_FORMATTING=""
+
+if [ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]; then
+    SED_OS_DEPENDANT_FORMATTING="''"
+fi
+
+cleanup()
+{
+    echo "Processing files in dir: $1"
+    for f in $1/*.md; do
+        echo "    Processing: $f"
+        sed -i ${SED_OS_DEPENDANT_FORMATTING} '/---/,/---/d' $f 
+        sed -i ${SED_OS_DEPENDANT_FORMATTING} 's/{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"}//g' $f
+    done
+}
+
+cp -r doc doc2
+
+cleanup doc2/gh-pages
+cleanup doc2/gh-pages/pages/development
+cleanup doc2/gh-pages/pages/documentation
+
+pandoc \
+    doc2/gh-pages/*.md \
+    doc2/gh-pages/pages/development/*.md \
+    doc2/gh-pages/pages/documentation/*.md \
+    -f gfm \
+    --toc \
+    --highlight-style haddock \
+    -o MNECPP.pdf \
+    --pdf-engine=xelatex \
+    -V geometry:top=.75in \
+    -V geometry:left=1in \
+    -V geometry:right=1in \
+    -V geometry:bottom=1in \
+    -V 'monofont:Courier New' \
+    --extract-media=media_dir \
+    --resource-path=doc2/gh-pages/images:doc2/gh-pages/images/lib:doc2/gh-pages/images/analyze
+    
+rm -r doc2 media_dir
+