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Old 08-31-2011, 06:01 AM   #12
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By command line I thought you meant some command feature within Calibre. Freakin programmers, from another planet. This is the future. We are using Graphical Interfaces now. Yes us regular folks know you are programmers. You do not have to keep using command lines to prove it.
You really shouldn't write off the utility of command line tools; for the experienced user, they can be much quicker to use than a GUI interface, especially for a repetitive task. If you want to convert a whole directory full of books it's much, much easier to do it with a command like:

for %a in *.epub do ebook-convert %a ....

than to have to laboriously convert each file in a GUI.

Learn to use the tools at your disposal - you'll be a lot more productive as a result.

Calibre gives you the choice of either a command line OR a GUI; which you decide to use is entirely your choice, but please don't denigrate those who appreciate the power and flexibility of command line interfaces.
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