pandoc Command Examples

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 a Markdown file to PDF using the specified PDF engine:

pandoc {{path/to/input.md}} --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}}

• List all supported input formats:

pandoc --list-input-formats

• List all supported output formats:

pandoc --list-output-formats