From f99b5e4c63939a3bbefffe2a4b5335f40f199307 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tony Brix <tony@brix.ninja>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 21:28:56 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix: fix cli not reading stdin

---
 bin/main.js           | 14 +++++++-------
 test/unit/bin.test.js |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bin/main.js b/bin/main.js
index e0c5357f81..3c6585776f 100644
--- a/bin/main.js
+++ b/bin/main.js
@@ -156,13 +156,13 @@ export async function main(nodeProcess) {
       if (string) {
         return string;
       }
-      if (!input) {
-        if (files.length === 0) {
-          return await getStdin();
-        }
-        input = files.pop();
+      if (input) {
+        return await readFile(input, 'utf8');
+      }
+      if (files.length > 0) {
+        return await readFile(files.pop(), 'utf8');
       }
-      return await readFile(input, 'utf8');
+      return await getStdin();
     }
 
     function resolveFile(file) {
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ export async function main(nodeProcess) {
   }
 
   try {
-    await start(nodeProcess.argv.slice());
+    await start(nodeProcess.argv.slice(2));
     nodeProcess.exit(0);
   } catch(err) {
     if (err.code === 'ENOENT') {
diff --git a/test/unit/bin.test.js b/test/unit/bin.test.js
index 7db58ec774..06ab9bf595 100644
--- a/test/unit/bin.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/bin.test.js
@@ -120,5 +120,11 @@ describe('bin/marked', () => {
       stderr: `marked: ${fixturePath('does-not-exist.md')}: No such file or directory`,
       code: 1,
     }));
+
+    it('reads from stdin when no files are provided', testInput({
+      args: [],
+      stdin: '# test\n',
+      stdout: '<h1>test</h1>',
+    }));
   });
 });

From 74e3bea1f280529c80f7a7bf783fc73703160e43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tony Brix <tony@brix.ninja>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 22:42:33 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] test exec marked

---
 test/unit/bin.test.js | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/test/unit/bin.test.js b/test/unit/bin.test.js
index 06ab9bf595..30fa726674 100644
--- a/test/unit/bin.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/bin.test.js
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import { main } from '../../bin/main.js';
 import { htmlIsEqual } from '@markedjs/testutils';
-import { dirname, resolve } from 'node:path';
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+import { resolve } from 'node:path';
 import { describe, it, mock } from 'node:test';
 import assert from 'node:assert';
+import { exec } from 'node:child_process';
+import { promisify } from 'node:util';
 
-const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+const execAsync = promisify(exec);
 
 function createMocks() {
   const mocks = {
@@ -64,7 +65,26 @@ function testInput({ args = [], stdin = '', stdinError = '', stdout = '', stderr
 }
 
 function fixturePath(filePath) {
-  return resolve(__dirname, './fixtures', filePath);
+  return resolve(import.meta.dirname, './fixtures', filePath);
+}
+
+function execMarked({ args = '', stdin = '', stdout = '', stderr = '' }) {
+  const execPath = resolve(import.meta.dirname, '../../bin/marked');
+  return async() => {
+    let command = '';
+
+    if (stdin) {
+      command += `node -e "process.stdout.write('${stdin}')" | `;
+    }
+    command += `node ${execPath}`;
+    if (args) {
+      command += ` ${args}`;
+    }
+    const res = await execAsync(command);
+
+    assert.ok(await htmlIsEqual(res.stdout, stdout));
+    assert.strictEqual(res.stderr, stderr);
+  };
 }
 
 describe('bin/marked', () => {
@@ -122,9 +142,35 @@ describe('bin/marked', () => {
     }));
 
     it('reads from stdin when no files are provided', testInput({
-      args: [],
       stdin: '# test\n',
       stdout: '<h1>test</h1>',
     }));
   });
 });
+
+describe('exec', () => {
+  it('stdin', execMarked({
+    stdin: '# test',
+    stdout: '<h1>test</h1>',
+  }));
+
+  it('string', execMarked({
+    args: '-s "# test"',
+    stdout: '<h1>test</h1>',
+  }));
+
+  it('input', execMarked({
+    args: `-i ${fixturePath('bin-input.md')}`,
+    stdout: '<h1>file</h1>',
+  }));
+
+  it('input file positional', execMarked({
+    args: fixturePath('bin-input.md'),
+    stdout: '<h1>file</h1>',
+  }));
+
+  it('input last file positional', execMarked({
+    args: `${fixturePath('does-not-exist.md')} ${fixturePath('bin-input.md')}`,
+    stdout: '<h1>file</h1>',
+  }));
+});