import os from glob import glob os.chdir('/big-stuff/files/websites/personal-site/html') md_files = glob('*.md') md_files_no_ext = [] for item in md_files: md_files_no_ext.append(item[:-3]) for item in md_files_no_ext: os.system(f'pandoc -f markdown-smart --data-dir . --template template.html -t html -o {item}.html {item}.md --metadata title=\"$(grep -m 1 -oP \'(?<=^# ).*\' {item}.md | cat)\"')