ebook-meta
¶
ebook-meta ebook_file [options]
Read/Write metadata from/to e-book files.
Supported formats for reading metadata: azw, azw1, azw3, azw4, cb7, cbr, cbz, chm, docx, epub, fb2, fbz, html, htmlz, imp, lit, lrf, lrx, mobi, odt, oebzip, opf, pdb, pdf, pml, pmlz, pobi, prc, rar, rb, rtf, snb, tpz, txt, txtz, updb, zip
Supported formats for writing metadata: azw, azw1, azw3, azw4, docx, epub, fb2, fbz, htmlz, lrf, mobi, odt, pdb, pdf, prc, rtf, tpz, txtz
Different file types support different kinds of metadata. If you try to set some metadata on a file type that does not support it, the metadata will be silently ignored.
Whenever you pass arguments to ebook-meta that have spaces in them, enclose the arguments in quotation marks. For example: “/some path/with spaces”
[options]¶
String to be used when sorting by author. If unspecified, and the author(s) are specified, it will be auto-generated from the author(s).
Set the authors. Multiple authors should be separated by the & character. Author names should be in the order Firstname Lastname.
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--book-producer
,
-k
¶
Set the book producer.
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--category
¶
Set the book category.
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--comments
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-c
¶
Set the e-book description.
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--cover
¶
Set the cover to the specified file.
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--date
,
-d
¶
Set the published date.
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--from-opf
¶
Read metadata from the specified OPF file and use it to set metadata in the e-book. Metadata specified on the command line will override metadata read from the OPF file
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--get-cover
¶
Get the cover from the e-book and save it at as the specified file.
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--help
,
-h
¶
show this help message and exit
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--identifier
¶
Set the identifiers for the book, can be specified multiple times. For example:
--identifier
uri:https://acme.com--identifier
isbn:12345 To remove an identifier, specify no value,--identifier
isbn: Note that for EPUB files, an identifier marked as the package identifier cannot be removed.
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--index
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-i
¶
Set the index of the book in this series.
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--isbn
¶
Set the ISBN of the book.
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--language
,
-l
¶
Set the language.
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--lrf-bookid
¶
Set the BookID in LRF files
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--publisher
,
-p
¶
Set the e-book publisher.
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--rating
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-r
¶
Set the rating. Should be a number between 1 and 5.
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--series
,
-s
¶
Set the series this e-book belongs to.
Set the tags for the book. Should be a comma separated list.
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--title
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-t
¶
Set the title.
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--title-sort
¶
The version of the title to be used for sorting. If unspecified, and the title is specified, it will be auto-generated from the title.
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--to-opf
¶
Specify the name of an OPF file. The metadata will be written to the OPF file.
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--version
¶
show program
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s version number and exit