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Shell script for converting a batch of *.md files into *.rst using pandoc.
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md_to_rst.sh
# This script was created to convert a directory full
# of markdown files into rst equivalents. It uses
# pandoc to do the conversion.
FILES=*.md
for f in $FILES
do
echo "Processing $f file..."
extension="${f##*.}"
filename="${f%.*}"
# take action on each file. $f store current file name
`pandoc $f -t rst -o $filename.rst`
done
@nerdgirl
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Ta for letting me be super lazy. Using this to convert md for sphinx docs.

@zire
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zire commented Mar 22, 2014

Thank you! This is very helpful.

@securityfirst
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Thanks for this script! Very helpful 👍

@girishkdesh
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How to save and run script ?

@gjolleyrogers
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muchos gracias

@maazghani
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maazghani commented Sep 4, 2018 •
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I love github @hugorodgerbrown for president

@rachrobts
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When I run this I get "open binary file does not exist". help?

@franklin-like-the-turtle
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@rachrobts Probably spaces in your filenames.

Try adding double-quotes: `pandoc "$f" -t rst -o "docx/$filename.rst"`

@vostorgmachine
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Thanks!

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