Re: Absolute path in for loop / output?

[Bastien DUMONT <bastien.dumont-VwIFZPTo/vqsTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org>]

The problem is purely related with your bash script, not with pandoc. You seem to have contradictory expectations about what the value of $f will be: in `pandoc "$f", you anticipate it to be "/users/myname/desktop/test/input/1.md" (which is right), while in `-o "/users/myname/desktop/test/output/"${f%.md}.htm", it is supposed to be only "1.md" (and it isn't, hence the error message).

A little trick: when you have error with bash scripts, it helps to run them with `bash -xv myscript.sh` in order to see what Bash does step by step and what are the parameter values.

Le Tuesday 07 September 2021 à 08:21:42AM, Martin Post a écrit :
> I need to use Pandoc with absolute input and output paths in a shell script,
> like so:
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> 
> for f in "/users/myname/desktop/test/input/"*.md; \
> do \
> pandoc "$f" \
> --standalone \
> -o "/users/myname/desktop/test/output/"${f%.md}.htm; \
> done
> 
> … which gives an error:
> 
> /users/myname/desktop/test/output//users/myname/desktop/test/input/1.htm:
> openFile: does not exist (No such file or directory)
> 
> (Removing the output path will render the files in the source directory, as
> expected.)
> 
> I realise the problem is probably my limited understanding of how the shell
> works, not something with Pandoc. I still hope someone here can help. Thank
> you.
> 
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