Batch processing Pandoc conversions in Windows

Question

I am trying to convert a large number of HTML files into Markdown using Pandoc in Windows, and have found an answer on how to do this on a Mac, but receive errors when attempting to run the following in Windows PowerShell.

find . -name \*.md -type f -exec pandoc -o {}.txt {} \;

Can someone help me translate this to work in Windows?

Answer 1

to convert files in folders recursively try this (Windows prompt command line):

for /r "startfolder" %i in (*.htm *.html) do pandoc -f html -t markdown "%~fi" -o "%~dpni.txt"

For use in a batch file double the %.

Answer 2

Endoro's answer is great, don't get confused by the parameters added to %i.

For helping others, I needed to convert from RST (restructured text) to dokuwiki syntax, so I created a convert.bat with:

FOR /r "startfolder" %%i IN (*.rst) DO pandoc -f rst -t dokuwiki "%%~fi" -o "%%~dpni.txt"

Works for all rst files in folders and subfolders.

Answer 3

If you want to go recursively through a directory and its subdirectories to compile all the files of type, say, *.md, then you can use the batch file I wrote in answer to another question How can I use pandoc for all files in the folder in Windows? . I call it pancompile.bat and the usage is below. Go to the other answer for the code.

Usage: pancompile DIRECTORY FILENAME [filemask] ["options"]
Uses pandoc to compile all documents in specified directory and subdirectories to a single output document

DIRECTORY         the directory/folder to parse recursively (passed to pandoc -s);
                  use quotation marks if there are spaces in the directory name
FILENAME          the output file (passed to pandoc -o); use quotation marks if spaces
filemask          an optional file mask/filter, e.g. *.md; leave blank for all files
"options"         optional list of pandoc commands (must be in quotation marks)

Minimal example: pancompile docs complete_book.docx
Typical example: pancompile "My Documents" "Complete Book.docx" *.md "-f markdown -t docx --standalone --toc"

Answer 4

Using the powershell built-in gci:

gci -r -i *.md |foreach{$docx=$_.directoryname+"\"+$_.basename+".docx";pandoc $_.name -o $docx}

from https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/issues/5429