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AndyBlack · 07-28-2017, 02:25 PM

Hi. We have a need to know which version of Calibre is installed without actually running it. (We're using calibredb to create a new ebook from another application.) Apparently, there is a difference between versions 1, 2 and version 3 in what

calibredb add -d filename
calibredb list -f size

produces. In versions 1 and 2, the just added ID was in the next to last line. In version 3 it is the last line. We'd like to be able to know the version of Calibre being used so we can know which line to use with the calibredb list command.

Thanks.

07-28-2017, 02:25 PM	#1
AndyBlack Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2017 Device: none	Get Calibre version from the command line Hi. We have a need to know which version of Calibre is installed without actually running it. (We're using calibredb to create a new ebook from another application.) Apparently, there is a difference between versions 1, 2 and version 3 in what calibredb add -d filename calibredb list -f size produces. In versions 1 and 2, the just added ID was in the next to last line. In version 3 it is the last line. We'd like to be able to know the version of Calibre being used so we can know which line to use with the calibredb list command. Thanks.