pandoc --print-default-data-file like Linux with only cat(1) and no ls(1)

[jidanni]

$ pandoc --print-default-data-file
is great. One problem, it is like a Unix system where there is only
cat(1), and no ls(1).

Looking around for the list,

$ dpkg-deb --contents Downloads/pandoc-3.9.0.2-1-arm64.deb 
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 173140960 2026-03-19 17:19 ./usr/bin/pandoc

just shows one massive black box.

What pandoc command, offline, will give me a full list of all the things
$ pandoc --print-default-data-file
can print, on my system?

Same for --print-default-template.

Thanks.

[jgm]

In the case of templates, it's just the format names, e.g. latex, epub3, ...

In the case of data files, there's no way to get this list (but you can look in pandoc.cabal at the data-files section).

[jidanni]

I see. https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/blob/main/pandoc.cabal

Maybe one should be able to do
$ pandoc --print-default-data-file=main/pandoc.cabal
to get the list, offline.

Wait. Things like

                -- translations
                 data/translations/*.yaml

in it would still cause the user to "poke around in the dark."