How to convert multiple markdown files at once

Question

I have a folder with several markdown files and I need to convert them to HTML at once.

This works fine:

multimarkdown -b file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt

But this doesn't:

multimarkdown -b *.txt

I get the error in the cmd window:

*.txt: Invalid argument

I also tried multimarkdown -b "*.txt" and multimarkdown "*.txt" -b, but still doesn't work.

Maybe I miss something? (I use MultiMarkdown 5.4.0)

Please indicate the shell you are using to give the commands to the OS. Otherwise this question makes little sense. — imz -- Ivan Zakharyaschev, Jun 04 '17 at 12:43

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:27

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The star syntax is actually part of bash which is a unix shell (Mac/Linux), so you I think you won't be able to use it with cmd on Windows.

Use PowerShell instead, or write your own loop, like:

for /r %i in (*.txt) do multimarkdown -b %i

edited May 23 '17 at 10:27

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answered Oct 21 '16 at 14:53

mb21

Your solution works, thank you very much. The link is also very useful. – john c. j. Oct 21 '16 at 17:00

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