Re: Absolute path in for loop / output?

[Marc Chantreux <eiro-fbXiWI9j2LLYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>]

hello,

> for f in "/users/myname/desktop/test/input/"*.md; \
> do \
> pandoc "$f" \
> --standalone \
> -o "/users/myname/desktop/test/output/"${f%.md}.htm; \
> done

close :) this should do the trick:

    base=/users/myname/desktop/test
    pushd $base/input
    for f in *.md ; do
        pandoc "$f" -s -o $base/output/${f.md}.htm
    done
    popd

if you use zsh and don't care about a subshell, i would have writen

    ( base=/users/myname/desktop/test
        cd $base/input
        for f (*.md) pandoc "$f" -s -o $base/output/$f:r.htm )

however i would like to mention make as a better solution:

* a makefile to do the same job will be

    BASE   = /users/myname/desktop/test
    SRCS  != ls ${BASE}/input/*.md
    PAGES  = ${SRCS:${BASE}/input/%.md=${BASE}/output/%.htm}
    all : ${PAGES}
    ${BASE}/output/%.htm: ${BASE}/input/%.md
        pandoc -s -o $@ $<
    clean:; rm -rf ${BASE}/o/*

* you can just type

    make        # build the missing pages one by one
    make -j4    # build the missing pages four by four
    make -b     # rebuild every pages
    make clean  # remove all the pages

regards
marc