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---
date: 2020-03-03
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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