Bug? No --search-replace processing in Windows

TechnoCat · 05-29-2017, 03:06 PM

Forgive me if this has been covered; there's also a bug in the forum software, that a search for --search-replace finds so many threads without the string that it's useless.

ebook-convert src.pdf dest.mobi --search-replace convert_regex.txt --enable-heuristics -d debug -v -v > out.txt
Never processes, and never shows an error.

The out.txt includes:
'search_replace': '[]',
'series': None,
'series_index': None,
'share_not_sync': False,
'smarten_punctuation': False,
'sr1_replace': '',
'sr1_search': '',
'sr2_replace': '',
'sr2_search': '',
'sr3_replace': '',
'sr3_search': '',

the regex file is two lines, the first is:
<a id=\"\d{1,4}\"></a><b>G.*</b>
The second is, as documented, blank. And it is UTF-8 encoded.

Any ideas?

kovidgoyal · 05-29-2017, 11:40 PM

Works for me (although I tried on linux not windows) Is the convert_regex.txt file in the current directory? Try specifying the full path to it.

Although there should be an error in the log if it fails to find the file.

TechnoCat · 06-12-2017, 10:37 AM

The convert_regex.txt file is in the cwd, and I did try the full path also.
It's the lack of a logging error that stymies me. It's as if the parameter wasn't specified at all.

kovidgoyal · 06-12-2017, 11:28 AM

See is this fixes it:

https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...219d02920db427

05-29-2017, 03:06 PM	#1
TechnoCat Zealot Posts: 131 Karma: 150390 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Pacific NorthWest Device: Kindle Fire	Bug? No --search-replace processing in Windows Forgive me if this has been covered; there's also a bug in the forum software, that a search for --search-replace finds so many threads without the string that it's useless. ebook-convert src.pdf dest.mobi --search-replace convert_regex.txt --enable-heuristics -d debug -v -v > out.txt Never processes, and never shows an error. The out.txt includes: 'search_replace': '[]', 'series': None, 'series_index': None, 'share_not_sync': False, 'smarten_punctuation': False, 'sr1_replace': '', 'sr1_search': '', 'sr2_replace': '', 'sr2_search': '', 'sr3_replace': '', 'sr3_search': '', the regex file is two lines, the first is: <a id=\"\d{1,4}\"></a><b>G.*</b> The second is, as documented, blank. And it is UTF-8 encoded. Any ideas?

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05-29-2017, 11:40 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,857 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Works for me (although I tried on linux not windows) Is the convert_regex.txt file in the current directory? Try specifying the full path to it. Although there should be an error in the log if it fails to find the file.

06-12-2017, 10:37 AM	#3
TechnoCat Zealot Posts: 131 Karma: 150390 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Pacific NorthWest Device: Kindle Fire	The convert_regex.txt file is in the cwd, and I did try the full path also. It's the lack of a logging error that stymies me. It's as if the parameter wasn't specified at all.

06-12-2017, 11:28 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,857 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	See is this fixes it: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...219d02920db427