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spedinfargo · 02-23-2014, 05:32 PM

I see in the calibredb page there is a way to either export all of the books or a single ID:

calibredb export [options] ids

Does anyone have an example of how to export just a subset of books based on a search? For instance, I want to only export the Recipe books (author = 'calibre'). I'm assuming I would have to do a two step process and come up with a list of ids that match my query and then call 'calibredb export' one by one on those ids.

Any thoughts on the easiest way to do this?

Thanks.

02-23-2014, 05:32 PM	#1
spedinfargo Groupie Posts: 155 Karma: 106422 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: none	Calibredb export: can I do a subset of books (based on a query)? I see in the calibredb page there is a way to either export all of the books or a single ID: calibredb export [options] ids Does anyone have an example of how to export just a subset of books based on a search? For instance, I want to only export the Recipe books (author = 'calibre'). I'm assuming I would have to do a two step process and come up with a list of ids that match my query and then call 'calibredb export' one by one on those ids. Any thoughts on the easiest way to do this? Thanks.