Separately: Axidraw -M pen_up is not a valid command for the AxiDraw CLI.

I *think* that what you are looking for is:
axicli -m manual -M raise_pen, which will raise the pen and does not require an input file name.

If you use axicli -M raise_pen (or axicli -M pen_up), it will require a document, and plot that document, rather than raising pen. The -M specifies which manual_cmd to run, but since you have not specified any mode other than the default mode (plot), the AxiDraw will run in plot mode and ignore the value of the -M switch.