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

---
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

```
      --clock string               set the clock used by Hugo, e.g. --clock 2021-11-06T22:30:00.00+09:00
  -e, --environment string         build environment
  -h, --help                       help for convert
      --ignoreVendorPaths string   ignores any _vendor for module paths matching the given Glob pattern
  -o, --output string              filesystem path to write files to
  -s, --source string              filesystem path to read files relative from
      --themesDir string           filesystem path to themes directory
      --unsafe                     enable less safe operations, please backup first
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --config string      config file (default is hugo.yaml|json|toml)
      --configDir string   config dir (default "config")
      --debug              debug output
      --log                enable Logging
      --logFile string     log File path (if set, logging enabled automatically)
      --quiet              build in quiet mode
  -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