Command Line to add formats from directory to calibredb

travtufts · 01-18-2022, 10:46 AM

Hi all,

I'm not very proficient working with command line, but was able to batch convert my entire Calibre library of EPUBs to kepub format using kepubify in the terminal on Mac OS.

I KNOW this is not what many of you would advise since I shouldn't be mucking around underneath the file structure of Calibre. But it's done now.

Is there a way to batch update the database so Calibre recognizes the additional formats of the existing books? I know I can do it one by one in the GUI but I'm hoping there's a more elegant way to do it by batch in the terminal.

Thank you!

kovidgoyal · 01-18-2022, 10:58 AM

calibredb add_format book_id /path/to/format/file

https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/gen...calibredb.html

But you will have to write a script that traverses the calibre library folder gets the path to the kepub file, extracts the book_id fromthe foldername and then moves the kepub file to /tmp and calls calibredb add_format to add it properly.

01-18-2022, 10:46 AM	#1
travtufts Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Kindle	Command Line to add formats from directory to calibredb Hi all, I'm not very proficient working with command line, but was able to batch convert my entire Calibre library of EPUBs to kepub format using kepubify in the terminal on Mac OS. I KNOW this is not what many of you would advise since I shouldn't be mucking around underneath the file structure of Calibre. But it's done now. Is there a way to batch update the database so Calibre recognizes the additional formats of the existing books? I know I can do it one by one in the GUI but I'm hoping there's a more elegant way to do it by batch in the terminal. Thank you!

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01-18-2022, 10:58 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	calibredb add_format book_id /path/to/format/file https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/gen...calibredb.html But you will have to write a script that traverses the calibre library folder gets the path to the kepub file, extracts the book_id fromthe foldername and then moves the kepub file to /tmp and calls calibredb add_format to add it properly.