### Bug description

For example the file `a.md`:

```
---
title: Title
---

Text.
```

rendered with `quarto render a.md  -M author=Someone` shows no author in the output, while the author is shown when using `pandoc a.md -o a.html -s  -M author=Someone`.

Tested with quarto 1.1.251 and 1.2.203 on Pop!_OS 22.04.

### Checklist

- [X] Please include a minimal, fully reproducible example in a single .qmd file? Please provide the whole file rather than the snippet you believe is causing the issue.
- [X] Please [format your issue](https://quarto.org/bug-reports.html#formatting-make-githubs-markdown-work-for-us) so it is easier for us to read the bug report.
- [X] Please document the RStudio IDE version you're running (if applicable), by providing the value displayed in the "About RStudio" main menu dialog?
- [X] Please document the operating system you're running. If on Linux, please provide the specific distribution.
dragonstyle
2022-10-11T12:08:29Z
knuesel
bug
v1.2
closed
Cannot set author from command-line
https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/2793