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pandoc — Convert documents between various formats. More information: <https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html>.

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Problem

How to use the pandoc command: Convert documents between various formats. More information: <https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html>.

Solution

pandoc — Convert documents between various formats. More information: <https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html>.

Convert a Markdown file to PDF using pdflatex (the formats are determined by file extensions):

pandoc {{path/to/input.md}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output.pdf}}

Convert the output from another command to PDF, using a specific PDF engine:

{{command}} | pandoc {{[-f|--from]}} {{input_format}} --pdf-engine {{tectonic|weasyprint|typst|...}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output.pdf}}

Convert to a standalone file with the appropriate headers/footers (for LaTeX, HTML, etc.):

pandoc {{path/to/input.md}} {{[-s|--standalone]}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output.html}}

Manually specify formats (overriding automatic format detection using the filename extension, or when there is no extension):

pandoc {{[-f|--from]}} {{docx|...}} {{path/to/input}} {{[-t|--to]}} {{pdf|...}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output}}

Transform a document using a Lua script (see <https://pandoc.org/lua-filters.html> for more information):

pandoc {{path/to/input}} {{[-L|--lua-filter]}} {{path/to/filter.lua}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output}}

Convert a remote HTML file to markdown and print the result to stdout:

pandoc {{[-f|--from]}} html {{[-t|--to]}} markdown {{https://example.com}}

List all supported input formats:

pandoc --list-input-formats

List all supported output formats:

pandoc --list-output-formats

Code Snippets

Convert a Markdown file to PDF using `pdflatex` (the formats are determined by file extensions)

pandoc {{path/to/input.md}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output.pdf}}

Convert the output from another command to PDF, using a specific PDF engine

{{command}} | pandoc {{[-f|--from]}} {{input_format}} --pdf-engine {{tectonic|weasyprint|typst|...}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output.pdf}}

Convert to a standalone file with the appropriate headers/footers (for LaTeX, HTML, etc.)

pandoc {{path/to/input.md}} {{[-s|--standalone]}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output.html}}

Manually specify formats (overriding automatic format detection using the filename extension, or when there is no extension)

pandoc {{[-f|--from]}} {{docx|...}} {{path/to/input}} {{[-t|--to]}} {{pdf|...}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output}}

Transform a document using a Lua script (see <https://pandoc.org/lua-filters.html> for more information)

pandoc {{path/to/input}} {{[-L|--lua-filter]}} {{path/to/filter.lua}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/pandoc

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