An example makefile using wildcards and pattern substitution to compile a load of files of the same type

Example wildcard makefile

CPP_FILES = $(wildcard *.markdown)
OBJ_FILES = $(patsubst %.markdown,%.pdf,$(CPP_FILES))


%.pdf: %.markdown
        pandoc -V geometry:margin=1in -S -o $@ $(patsubst %.pdf,%.markdown,$@)

all: $(OBJ_FILES)

clean:
        rm -f *.pdf