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daveward · 07-04-2022, 04:35 AM

Apparently I am forced to say "hello" before I'm even permitted to ask whether & where there's a reference list of all the standard fields and attributes that can be addressed in Calibre through the search interface and the bulk search & replace functions.

Examples of what I mean:

Some very common fields are title, author, pubdate, series, format, comments
Some of those allow you to address specific attributes, such as identifiers:=isbn and format:epub and cover:false

A few specific things I have wanted to do but never been able to find in the documentation or in the forums:

Search according to cover image size — like, do a search which includes all books with a cover image in which the height & width are both smaller than 1200 px
Search for books where the pubdate.day (however that is addressed) is the 14th day of any month or year

So is there a good reference list of standard fields and attributes somewhere? I have never been able to find such a list, though it seems like such an obvious and essential thing to have in the documentation.

Sirtel · 07-04-2022, 09:50 PM

Hello and welcome to MobileRead!

Some of what you want is in the calibre user manual:
https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/

I don't think the pubdate day search is in it, though. You could ask about it in the Calibre forum here.

As to searching by the cover size, the Quality Check plugin does just that (plus many other things).

07-04-2022, 04:35 AM	#1
daveward Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2022 Location: Aberdeen, WA Device: Kindle Fire 8 HD	Hello I guess Apparently I am forced to say "hello" before I'm even permitted to ask whether & where there's a reference list of all the standard fields and attributes that can be addressed in Calibre through the search interface and the bulk search & replace functions. Examples of what I mean: Some very common fields are title, author, pubdate, series, format, comments Some of those allow you to address specific attributes, such as identifiers:=isbn and format:epub and cover:false A few specific things I have wanted to do but never been able to find in the documentation or in the forums: Search according to cover image size — like, do a search which includes all books with a cover image in which the height & width are both smaller than 1200 px Search for books where the pubdate.day (however that is addressed) is the 14th day of any month or year So is there a good reference list of standard fields and attributes somewhere? I have never been able to find such a list, though it seems like such an obvious and essential thing to have in the documentation.

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07-04-2022, 09:50 PM	#2
Sirtel Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,473 Karma: 239219543 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2	Hello and welcome to MobileRead! Some of what you want is in the calibre user manual: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/ I don't think the pubdate day search is in it, though. You could ask about it in the Calibre forum here. As to searching by the cover size, the Quality Check plugin does just that (plus many other things).

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