Logical and/or witth "calibredb list -s ..."

drawson1 · 08-20-2022, 06:59 PM

I'd like to build a logical search with list -s like this example:

calibredb list -s \( author:Asimov or author:Heinlein \) and rating:False

Note that I'm doing this in a bash shell script.

FYI, the same syntax works for "calibredb search ...", but fails with syntax errors for list -s.

Is this possible?

Alternatively, if there's a way to pass a list of ID's to the list command, I can do this with search and save the resulting ID list, then make a single call to 'calibredb list ...'

kovidgoyal · 08-20-2022, 10:31 PM

calibredb list -s '( author:Asimov or author:Heinlein ) and rating:False'

-s is an opton it can take only a single argument. calibredb search can take multiple arguments, so you need to quote for -s

08-20-2022, 06:59 PM	#1
drawson1 Connoisseur Posts: 96 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2014 Device: Libra H20, Clara 2E	Logical and/or witth "calibredb list -s ..." I'd like to build a logical search with list -s like this example: calibredb list -s \( author:Asimov or author:Heinlein \) and rating:False Note that I'm doing this in a bash shell script. FYI, the same syntax works for "calibredb search ...", but fails with syntax errors for list -s. Is this possible? Alternatively, if there's a way to pass a list of ID's to the list command, I can do this with search and save the resulting ID list, then make a single call to 'calibredb list ...'

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08-20-2022, 10:31 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,339 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	calibredb list -s '( author:Asimov or author:Heinlein ) and rating:False' -s is an opton it can take only a single argument. calibredb search can take multiple arguments, so you need to quote for -s

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