pandoc-all.sh

#!/bin/bash

# A simple script that makes use of pandoc for converting files between formats.
# Toss this file into a directory to process multiple files at once.
# args --ext <extension to look for> --to <extension to convert to>
# default ext is markdown default to is docx
# Ensure that you have pandoc installed located here: https://pandoc.org/installing.html

ext="md"
to="docx"

# Parse the command-line arguments
while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
    case "$1" in
        --ext)
            ext="$2"  # Store the value of --ext
            shift 2   # Move past the --ext and its value
            ;;
        --to)
            to="$2"   # Store the value of --to
            shift 2   # Move past the --to and its value
            ;;
        *)
            echo "Unknown option: $1"
            usage
            ;;
    esac
done

directory_path="$(pwd)"
IFS=$'\n' md_files=($(find "$directory_path" -type f -name "*.${ext}"))
for file in "${md_files[@]}"; do
    file_name=$(basename "$file" ".${ext}")
    dir_name=$(dirname "$file")
    echo ${dir_name}/${file_name}
    pandoc "${file}" -o "${dir_name}/${file_name}.${to}"
done