pandoc-3-10

name	pandoc-3-10
description	Convert documents between formats using Pandoc 3.10. Use when the user mentions pandoc, document conversion, format transformation, or needs to convert between Markdown, HTML, LaTeX, PDF, Word (docx), OpenDocument (odt), PowerPoint (pptx), Excel (xlsx), CSV, TSV, EPUB, reStructuredText, Org mode, AsciiDoc, RTF, Textile, CommonMark, GFM, or any markup/format conversion task. Also use when user asks about pandoc filters, templates, defaults files, citeproc, or Lua filters.
metadata	{"tags":["document-conversion","markdown","latex","pdf","office-documents"]}

pandoc 3.10

Overview

Pandoc is a universal document converter that transforms content between over 50 markup and word processing formats. It parses input into an abstract syntax tree (AST), then renders it to the target format. Conversions from pandoc's Markdown to any format are high-fidelity; conversions from more expressive formats (LaTeX, docx) to simpler ones may be lossy.

Core workflow: pandoc -f INPUT_FORMAT -t OUTPUT_FORMAT [options] -o output input

Formats auto-detect from file extensions when -f/-t are omitted. List available formats with pandoc --list-input-formats and pandoc --list-output-formats.

Usage

Basic Conversions

# Markdown to HTML (auto-detected from extensions)
pandoc -o output.html input.md

# Explicit format specification
pandoc -f markdown -t latex hello.txt

# Multiple input files concatenated
pandoc -o combined.pdf chapter1.md chapter2.md chapter3.md

# Pipe through stdin/stdout
 notes.md | pandoc -t html | less