import os, sys dr = '/Users/NKnapp/Desktop/deknapp.github.io/pylagrit/original/_sources/' output_dr = '/Users/NKnapp/Desktop/deknapp.github.io/pylagrit/on_website/' for fle in os.listdir(dr): full_name = os.path.join(dr, fle) cmd = 'pandoc ' + full_name + ' -f rst -t markdown -s -o ' + output_dr + fle[:-4] + '.md' os.system(cmd)