Pandoc

Name: pandoc
Rating: 76
Author: jholhewres

Use the bash tool with pandoc for document format conversion.

Setup

bash

# Check if installed
command -v pandoc

# Install — macOS
brew install pandoc

# Install — Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt install pandoc

# PDF output also requires LaTeX:
#   Ubuntu/Debian: sudo apt install texlive-latex-base
#   macOS: brew install --cask mactex (or basictex for lighter install)

Common Conversions

bash

pandoc input.md -o output.pdf
pandoc input.md -o output.docx
pandoc input.md -o output.html --standalone
pandoc input.docx -o output.md
pandoc input.html -o output.md

With Styling

bash

pandoc input.md -o output.pdf --template=template.tex
pandoc input.md -o output.html --css=style.css --standalone
pandoc input.md -o output.pdf -V geometry:margin=1in

Batch

bash

for f in *.md; do pandoc "$f" -o "${f%.md}.pdf"; done

Metadata

bash

pandoc input.md -o output.pdf --metadata title="Title" --metadata author="Author"

Tips

•Use --standalone (-s) for complete HTML documents
•Use --toc for automatic table of contents
•PDF output requires LaTeX (texlive) or use --pdf-engine=wkhtmltopdf
•Use read_file to check input, write_file to save templates