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, cbc, cbr, cbz, chm, docx, epub, fb2, fbz, html, htmlz, imp, kepub, 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, kepub, 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]

--author-sort

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).

--authors, -a

Set the authors. Multiple authors should be separated by the & character. Author names should be in the order Firstname Lastname.

--book-producer, -k

Set the book producer.

--category

Set the book category.

--comments, -c

Set the e-book description.

--cover

Set the cover to the specified file.

--date, -d

Set the published date.

--disallow-rendered-cover

For formats like EPUB that use a "default cover" of the first page rendered, disallow such default covers

--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

--get-cover

Get the cover from the e-book and save it at as the specified file.

--help, -h

show this help message and exit

--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.

--index, -i

Set the index of the book in this series.

--isbn

Set the ISBN of the book.

--language, -l

Set the language.

--lrf-bookid

Set the BookID in LRF files

--publisher, -p

Set the e-book publisher.

--rating, -r

Set the rating. Should be a number between 1 and 5.

--series, -s

Set the series this e-book belongs to.

--tags

Set the tags for the book. Should be a comma separated list.

--title, -t

Set the title.

--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.

--to-opf

Specify the name of an OPF file. The metadata will be written to the OPF file.

--version

show program's version number and exit