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Originally Posted by BetterRed
You could extract a CSV of authors with the calibredb list_categories command, as excel-tab, then replace the tabs with '&' and load that into a book with the ebook-meta command.
See ==>> calibre: Command Line Interface
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BR, you've always offered help that has launched me to more abilities. This sounds like a workable answer. HOWEVER, I feel like an idiot for not understanding the starting point. I get what the goal is and the principle of working with a CSV and manipulating.. So if I can get there, I can do it.
HOWEVER, I feel I'm missing the obvious with the help manual on this. It seems made for people who have experience running python language. I do not. I understand principles and can figure out a lot, but I have to hit the right launching point to connect the dots and try things to learn more.
With this.....
"Pass a command to Calibre ".... do I work from a Command Prompt for Wdws and in what directory do I start? Is there a command line within Calibre instead? This would make sense, but I can't find anything.
Based on the instructions your link leads to, my content server is set up to allow me to make changes IF that's the route it goes through....I don't understand why I need a server when I am working in Calibre (or rather why it works like that), but I can still follow steps to see what happens. But.......
If I can get to the starting point, I know a part of the command is some combination of:
calibredb command [options] [arguments]
calibredb list_categories [options]
--categories, -r
How to combine these? What to fill in for options and arguments?
It's like having a feel for a language but not knowing how to put phrases together as they aren't your first language.
If anyone can help more, it's appreciated. I've tried reviewing this command "stuff" before and am still missing an understanding of a starting point....
IF it helps anyone to help me, the goal now is to get a list, CSV style is fine I think, of all the authors in, say:
"Library A" who also have a specific tag "TAG1" . In the actual library, "TAG1" is the basis of a virtual library to separate these authors from others.
Anyone who can give more direction?