Pandoc is a universal document converter developed in Haskell language, widely used as a writing tool (especially by scholars) and as a basis for publishing workflows. It was originally created by John MacFarlane, a philosophy professor at the University of California, Berkeley under GPLv2.
HTML fragment
pandoc MANUAL.txt -o example1.html
Standalone HTML file:
pandoc -s MANUAL.txt -o example2.html
HTML with table of contents, CSS, and custom footer
pandoc -s --toc -c pandoc.css -A footer.html MANUAL.txt -o example3.html
LaTeX
pandoc -s MANUAL.txt -o example4.tex
From LaTeX to markdown
pandoc -s example4.tex -o example5.text
reStructuredText
pandoc -s -t rst --toc MANUAL.txt -o example6.text
Rich text format (RTF)
pandoc -s MANUAL.txt -o example7.rtf
Beamer slide show
pandoc -t beamer SLIDES -o example8.pdf
DocBook XML
pandoc -s -t docbook MANUAL.txt -o example9.db
Man page
pandoc -s -t man pandoc.1.md -o example10.1
ConTeXt
pandoc -s -t context MANUAL.txt -o example11.tex
Converting a web page to markdown
pandoc -s -r html http://www.gnu.org/software/make/ -o example12.text
From markdown to PDF
pandoc MANUAL.txt --pdf-engine=xelatex -o example13.pdf
PDF with numbered sections and a custom LaTeX header
pandoc -N --template=mytemplate.tex --variable mainfont="Palatino" --variable sansfont="Helvetica" --variable monofont="Menlo" --variable fontsize=12pt --variable version=2.0 MANUAL.txt --pdf-engine=xelatex --toc -o example14.pdf
HTML slide shows
pandoc -s --mathml -i -t dzslides SLIDES -o example16a.html
pandoc -s --webtex -i -t slidy SLIDES -o example16b.html
pandoc -s --mathjax -i -t revealjs SLIDES -o example16d.html
TeX math in HTML
pandoc math.text -s -o mathDefault.html
pandoc math.text -s --mathml -o mathMathML.html
pandoc math.text -s --webtex -o mathWebTeX.html
pandoc math.text -s --mathjax -o mathMathJax.html
pandoc math.text -s --katex -o mathKaTeX.html
Syntax highlighting of delimited code blocks
pandoc code.text -s --highlight-style pygments -o example18a.html
pandoc code.text -s --highlight-style kate -o example18b.html
pandoc code.text -s --highlight-style monochrome -o example18c.html
pandoc code.text -s --highlight-style espresso -o example18d.html
pandoc code.text -s --highlight-style haddock -o example18e.html
pandoc code.text -s --highlight-style tango -o example18f.html
pandoc code.text -s --highlight-style zenburn -o example18g.html
GNU Texinfo, converted to info, HTML, and PDF formats
pandoc MANUAL.txt -s -o example19.texi
makeinfo --no-validate --force example19.texi -o example19.info
makeinfo --no-validate --force example19.texi --html -o example19
texi2pdf example19.texi # produces example19.pdf
OpenDocument XML
pandoc MANUAL.txt -s -t opendocument -o example20.xml
ODT (OpenDocument Text, readable by OpenOffice)
pandoc MANUAL.txt -o example21.odt
MediaWiki markup
pandoc -s -t mediawiki --toc MANUAL.txt -o example22.wiki
EPUB ebook
pandoc MANUAL.txt -o MANUAL.epub
Markdown citations
pandoc -s --bibliography biblio.bib --filter pandoc-citeproc CITATIONS -o example24a.html
pandoc -s --bibliography biblio.json --filter pandoc-citeproc --csl chicago-fullnote-bibliography.csl CITATIONS -o example24b.html
pandoc -s --bibliography biblio.yaml --filter pandoc-citeproc --csl ieee.csl CITATIONS -t man -o example24c.1
Textile writer
pandoc -s MANUAL.txt -t textile -o example25.textile
Textile reader
pandoc -s example25.textile -f textile -t html -o example26.html
Org-mode
pandoc -s MANUAL.txt -o example27.org
AsciiDoc
pandoc -s MANUAL.txt -t asciidoc -o example28.txt
Word docx
pandoc -s MANUAL.txt -o example29.docx
LaTeX math to docx
pandoc -s math.tex -o example30.docx
DocBook to markdown
pandoc -f docbook -t markdown -s howto.xml -o example31.text
MediaWiki to html5
pandoc -f mediawiki -t html5 -s haskell.wiki -o example32.html
Custom writer
pandoc -t sample.lua example33.text -o example33.html
Docx with a reference docx
pandoc --reference-doc twocolumns.docx -o UsersGuide.docx MANUAL.txt
Docx to markdown, including math
pandoc -s example30.docx -t markdown -o example35.md
EPUB to plain text
pandoc MANUAL.epub -t plain -o example36.text