usage: mako-render [-h] [--var VAR] [--template-dir TEMPLATE_DIR] [--output-encoding OUTPUT_ENCODING] [--output-file OUTPUT_FILE] [input] positional arguments: input options: -h, --help show this help message and exit --var VAR variable (can be used multiple times, use name=value) --template-dir TEMPLATE_DIR Directory to use for template lookup (multiple directories may be provided). If not given then if the template is read from stdin, the value defaults to be the current directory, otherwise it defaults to be the parent directory of the file provided. --output-encoding OUTPUT_ENCODING force output encoding --output-file OUTPUT_FILE Write to file upon successful render instead of stdout