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Old 10-03-2020, 04:37 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by tycho View Post
How is this saying that to get the documentation of a specific format, you need to run it with a dummy file?
You don't even need the file name. Just the extension works.

Code:
calibredb catalog --help   help on the default epub format
calibredb catalog .epub --help for help on epub format
calibredb catalog .bib --help for help on bib format
calibredb catalog .csv --help for help on the csv format
Hence the bit you quoted:

calibredb.exe catalog /path/to/destination.(csv|epub|mobi|xml...) [options]

where you will notice the destination.extension with the ... as a gentle hint that there are options that are not visible such as AZW3 and BIB—the usual purpose of an ellipsis. (the omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues).
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