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+README.pdf
+/plantuml-images
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+Usage:
+
+```/bin/sh
+docker run -w /foo -v "${PWD}:/foo" -it modjular/latex-pandoc-mermaid-plantuml pandoc -s -N README.md -o README.pdf --filter pandoc-plantuml
+```
+
+This is an example
+```plantuml
+@startuml
+class Car
+Driver - Car : drives >
+Car *- Wheel : have 4 >
+Car -- Person : < owns
+@enduml
+```