I am trying to add a custom latex template for pandoc
I know that pandoc templates go in ~/.pandoc/templates
and I confirmed the pandoc directory location by typing pandoc --v - it says pandoc is in ~/.pandoc
but when I do cd ~/.pandoc:
-bash: cd: /Users/[Name]/.pandoc: No such file or directory
According the pandoc man page I can set a different path for pandoc data files using --data-dir=DIRECTORY, but when I try build a file this way, e.g.
pandoc file.md -o file.pdf --data-dir=~/Library/texmf/tex/latex --template=mytemplate.latex
it throws the error
pandoc: Could not find data file templates/mytemplate.latex
which I assume means the data directory command is ignored.
Why can't I access my pandoc directory?
You are indeed expected to create the ~/.pandoc directory if it doesn't exist already. For example for a default latex template:
mkdir -p ~/.pandoc/templates
pandoc -D latex > ~/.pandoc/templates/default.latex
The --template option looks for files relative to the current directory (pwd), or "if not found, pandoc will search for it in the templates subdirectory of the user data directory" (~/.pandoc/templates for --data-dir=~/.pandoc, which is the default).
Which is where your error comes from as there's probably no file /Library/texmf/tex/latex/templates/mytemplate.latex.
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39706967/where-in-the-world-is-my-pandoc-directory