Filter on "No Format Available"?

gai-jin · 07-20-2009, 02:33 PM

In throwing my various ebook folders into calibre, I've ended up with multiple copies of some books, in different formats, and others I ended up with books named differently but otherwise exact copies of the files.

I ran a de-dup app to remove the exact duplicate files, and now I have a bunch of entries in calibre that have all the metadata, but no actual file associated with them. Is there a "Format:" search that I could use to find books without any formats at all? Or some other way to search for metadata not bound to a book?

kovidgoyal · 07-20-2009, 02:40 PM

In calibre 0.6 you can do format:false

gai-jin · 08-02-2009, 10:33 PM

I just tried this after installing .64 today, and it's not working. I definitely have some that show 'none' for formats when I select the book, but when I search "Format:False" it doesn't display any results.

itimpi · 08-03-2009, 01:21 AM

Works fine for me as long as put the terms in lower case (as given by Kovid) and not with a leading capital letter.

It is possible this is a bug and it is meant to be case independent?

gai-jin · 08-03-2009, 07:04 AM

Even without the capitals, I'm still not getting any results.

07-20-2009, 02:33 PM	#1
gai-jin Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: Kindle 2	Filter on "No Format Available"? In throwing my various ebook folders into calibre, I've ended up with multiple copies of some books, in different formats, and others I ended up with books named differently but otherwise exact copies of the files. I ran a de-dup app to remove the exact duplicate files, and now I have a bunch of entries in calibre that have all the metadata, but no actual file associated with them. Is there a "Format:" search that I could use to find books without any formats at all? Or some other way to search for metadata not bound to a book?

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07-20-2009, 02:40 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,882 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	In calibre 0.6 you can do format:false

08-02-2009, 10:33 PM	#3
gai-jin Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: Kindle 2	I just tried this after installing .64 today, and it's not working. I definitely have some that show 'none' for formats when I select the book, but when I search "Format:False" it doesn't display any results.

08-03-2009, 01:21 AM	#4
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,552 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	Works fine for me as long as put the terms in lower case (as given by Kovid) and not with a leading capital letter. It is possible this is a bug and it is meant to be case independent?

08-03-2009, 07:04 AM	#5
gai-jin Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: Kindle 2	Even without the capitals, I'm still not getting any results.

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