Pandoc: automatically convert URLs into hyperlinks

Question

Is there an option which automatically converts URLs into hyperlinks in Pandoc?

E.g.

http://www.test.com

should become

[http://www.test.com](http://www.test.com)

Or even cooler would be without the protocol:

[www.test.com](http://www.test.com)

Answer 1

Just surround them in <> : <http://www.test.com>

echo "<http://example.com>" | pandoc
<p><a href="http://example.com" class="uri">http://example.com</a></p>

That will not work without the http:// though. See the documentation.