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snarkturne · 09-06-2013, 03:32 AM

Hi,

I would like to be able to search and open books using the command line interface.

I know how to find a book id :
calibredb list -s [search_pattern]

I know how to open a book from its file name :
ebook-viewer [filename]
(or evince [filename] as I am a linux user)

But I cant figure out how to get the filename from the book id... ?
I dont want to export the book and make a copy of the file... I just want to get the filename of the book IN the library.

Thanks.

09-06-2013, 03:32 AM	#1
snarkturne Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2013 Device: calibre	Command line interface Hi, I would like to be able to search and open books using the command line interface. I know how to find a book id : calibredb list -s [search_pattern] I know how to open a book from its file name : ebook-viewer [filename] (or evince [filename] as I am a linux user) But I cant figure out how to get the filename from the book id... ? I dont want to export the book and make a copy of the file... I just want to get the filename of the book IN the library. Thanks.