hugo/docs/content/commands/hugo_convert.md

---
date: 2015-12-16T09:24:56-07:00
title: "hugo convert"
slug: hugo_convert
url: /commands/hugo_convert/
---
## hugo convert

Convert your content to different formats

### Synopsis


Convert your content (e.g. front matter) to different formats.

See convert's subcommands toJSON, toTOML and toYAML for more information.

### Options

```
  -o, --output="": filesystem path to write files to
  -s, --source="": filesystem path to read files relative from
      --unsafe[=false]: enable less safe operations, please backup first
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --log[=false]: Enable Logging
      --logFile="": Log File path (if set, logging enabled automatically)
  -v, --verbose[=false]: verbose output
      --verboseLog[=false]: verbose logging
```

### SEE ALSO
* [hugo](/commands/hugo/)	 - hugo builds your site
* [hugo convert toJSON](/commands/hugo_convert_tojson/)	 - Convert front matter to JSON
* [hugo convert toTOML](/commands/hugo_convert_totoml/)	 - Convert front matter to TOML
* [hugo convert toYAML](/commands/hugo_convert_toyaml/)	 - Convert front matter to YAML

###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra on 16-Dec-2015
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Add gendoc command Using the new, great auto-doc in Cobra. This commit also contains a current result of that command added to a commands section in docs. Fixes #1136 2015-05-13 09:31:30 -04:00			`title: "hugo convert"`
			`slug: hugo_convert`
			`url: /commands/hugo_convert/`
			`---`
			`## hugo convert`

Improve formatting of Hugo command descriptions Trying to make them look good both in the terminal (`hugo help [command]`) and in the web browser (http://gohugo.io/commands/). :-) 2015-08-04 05:15:12 -04:00			`Convert your content to different formats`
Add gendoc command Using the new, great auto-doc in Cobra. This commit also contains a current result of that command added to a commands section in docs. Fixes #1136 2015-05-13 09:31:30 -04:00
			`### Synopsis`


Improve formatting of Hugo command descriptions Trying to make them look good both in the terminal (`hugo help [command]`) and in the web browser (http://gohugo.io/commands/). :-) 2015-08-04 05:15:12 -04:00			`Convert your content (e.g. front matter) to different formats.`

			`See convert's subcommands toJSON, toTOML and toYAML for more information.`
Add gendoc command Using the new, great auto-doc in Cobra. This commit also contains a current result of that command added to a commands section in docs. Fixes #1136 2015-05-13 09:31:30 -04:00
			`### Options`

			```
			`-o, --output="": filesystem path to write files to`
Regenerate the commands section of doc See #1624 2015-12-11 11:50:36 -05:00			`-s, --source="": filesystem path to read files relative from`
Improve formatting of Hugo command descriptions Trying to make them look good both in the terminal (`hugo help [command]`) and in the web browser (http://gohugo.io/commands/). :-) 2015-08-04 05:15:12 -04:00			`--unsafe[=false]: enable less safe operations, please backup first`
Add gendoc command Using the new, great auto-doc in Cobra. This commit also contains a current result of that command added to a commands section in docs. Fixes #1136 2015-05-13 09:31:30 -04:00			```

			`### Options inherited from parent commands`

			```
Improve formatting of Hugo command descriptions Trying to make them look good both in the terminal (`hugo help [command]`) and in the web browser (http://gohugo.io/commands/). :-) 2015-08-04 05:15:12 -04:00			`--log[=false]: Enable Logging`
Add gendoc command Using the new, great auto-doc in Cobra. This commit also contains a current result of that command added to a commands section in docs. Fixes #1136 2015-05-13 09:31:30 -04:00			`--logFile="": Log File path (if set, logging enabled automatically)`
Improve formatting of Hugo command descriptions Trying to make them look good both in the terminal (`hugo help [command]`) and in the web browser (http://gohugo.io/commands/). :-) 2015-08-04 05:15:12 -04:00			`-v, --verbose[=false]: verbose output`
			`--verboseLog[=false]: verbose logging`
Add gendoc command Using the new, great auto-doc in Cobra. This commit also contains a current result of that command added to a commands section in docs. Fixes #1136 2015-05-13 09:31:30 -04:00			```

			`### SEE ALSO`
Fix CLI command description for the top level And regenerate the commands doc. 2015-05-21 07:30:01 -04:00			`* [hugo](/commands/hugo/) - hugo builds your site`
Add gendoc command Using the new, great auto-doc in Cobra. This commit also contains a current result of that command added to a commands section in docs. Fixes #1136 2015-05-13 09:31:30 -04:00			`* [hugo convert toJSON](/commands/hugo_convert_tojson/) - Convert front matter to JSON`
			`* [hugo convert toTOML](/commands/hugo_convert_totoml/) - Convert front matter to TOML`
			`* [hugo convert toYAML](/commands/hugo_convert_toyaml/) - Convert front matter to YAML`

Regenerate the commands section of doc Reason: The `--source` flag was added back to the `hugo new` commands in commit c1e134f. See #1624, #1589 2015-12-16 11:26:06 -05:00			`###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra on 16-Dec-2015`