hugo/docs/content/en/commands/hugo_convert.md

---
date: 2019-07-31
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

```
  -h, --help            help for convert
  -o, --output string   filesystem path to write files to
      --unsafe          enable less safe operations, please backup first
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --config string        config file (default is path/config.yaml|json|toml)
      --configDir string     config dir (default "config")
      --debug                debug output
  -e, --environment string   build environment
      --ignoreVendor         ignores any _vendor directory
      --log                  enable Logging
      --logFile string       log File path (if set, logging enabled automatically)
      --quiet                build in quiet mode
  -s, --source string        filesystem path to read files relative from
      --themesDir string     filesystem path to themes directory
  -v, --verbose              verbose output
      --verboseLog           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

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