From: John MacFarlane <jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>
To: SlyFox <ivan-M4KSPFaPddvGc7VoSCgjcw@public.gmane.org>,
pandoc-discuss
<pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: Convert from Markdown to PDF and Set File Name From Metadata Title
Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2022 10:50:18 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2mtkclklx.fsf@MacBook-Pro-2.hsd1.ca.comcast.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fd34c62a-0d28-4bc2-a736-9cef71e6423bn-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org>
There is a way, but it's a bit complex.
First, create a template title.template containing just
```
$title-string$
```
Then:
for f in *.md; do pandoc "$f" -o "$(pandoc $f --template title.template -t plain).pdf"; done
SlyFox <ivan-M4KSPFaPddvGc7VoSCgjcw@public.gmane.org> writes:
> YAML Metada looks like this
>
> ```
> ---
> Tag: tag1, tag2
> title: "Title I want to use"
> Status: active
> Name: "John Smith"
> ---
> ```
>
> I currently use this command
>
> ```
> for f in *.md; do pandoc "$f" -o "${f%.md}.pdf"; done
> ```
>
> How do I set the command so that the file name will be taken from the title
> metadata?
>
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2022-01-03 7:50 SlyFox
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2022-01-03 18:50 ` John MacFarlane [this message]
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2022-01-06 18:52 ` gnpan
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