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eschwartz · 02-23-2014, 07:13 PM

You use

Code:

calibredb list -s "search-term" -f ""

and pipe | the output through a filter to remove the first line, ("id") then pipe the resulting list of ids to

Code:

calibredb export [options]

In bash that would be

Code:

calibredb list -s "search-term" -f "" | tail -n +2 | calibredb export [options]

tail is a linux command to output only the last x lines (or start from line number +2) but I'm not sure how to do the equivalent on Windows, if you are using Windows.

02-23-2014, 07:13 PM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	You use Code: calibredb list -s "search-term" -f "" and pipe \| the output through a filter to remove the first line, ("id") then pipe the resulting list of ids to Code: calibredb export [options] In bash that would be Code: calibredb list -s "search-term" -f "" \| tail -n +2 \| calibredb export [options] tail is a linux command to output only the last x lines (or start from line number +2) but I'm not sure how to do the equivalent on Windows, if you are using Windows.