command line batch to change title etc.

boell · 10-11-2012, 11:25 AM

Is it possible to write a batch file for the command line, that changes the author, title, series, or series n° of multiple books?

Together with friends I collect pulp fiction, and we maintain the books and stories in a calibre library. We do a lot of metadata-editing. Until now each of us updates his library manually. We are looking for a way to automate the metadata-update and got the idea, that this is perhaps possible with the calibre command line. But we don't know, how to write the proper commands and to put them in a batch file.

Your help is most appreciated.

Terisa de morgan · 10-11-2012, 12:30 PM

Yes, it is possible, you should use the command ebook-meta (calibre manual describes it).

boell · 10-12-2012, 04:31 AM

Thanks for your response. I'd already found the 'ebook-meta' command in the manual. But I don't know how to use it. Can you or somebody else please give me an example how such a command actual would look like. (F.e. i want to change 'Edgar Rice Burroughs - The Man-Eater' from 'Jungle Tales 02' to 'Jungle Adventures 01')

boell · 10-14-2012, 08:56 AM

No one, who can write this command line?

DoctorOhh · 10-14-2012, 09:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by boell

Thanks for your response. I'd already found the 'ebook-meta' command in the manual. But I don't know how to use it. Can you or somebody else please give me an example how such a command actual would look like. (F.e. i want to change 'Edgar Rice Burroughs - The Man-Eater' from 'Jungle Tales 02' to 'Jungle Adventures 01')

If Jungle Tales 02 is the series and index for this book than the following worked for me.

Code:

C:\Users\Walt>ebook-meta "C:\Dropbox\Calibre Portable\Calibre Library\Edgar Rice Burroughs\The Man-Eater (1898)\The Man-Eater - Edgar Rice Burroughs.epub" -s "Jungle Adventures" -i 1

Substitute your path and actual title as required.

Update: This updates the metadata in the book not the library.

boell · 10-14-2012, 05:08 PM

Thanks DoctorOhh, that helped a lot. If I see it right, the command needs the database id (in your example: 1898), so unfortunately it's not possible to write one edit batch and contribute it to everybody in our collectors group, because the id's are different for each members library, as we checked. But thanks again.

DoctorOhh · 10-14-2012, 06:42 PM

It does not require the database id, this info is just part of the path. You could put your book in C:\ and it would work fine.

10-11-2012, 11:25 AM	#1
boell Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: Sony PRS 650	command line batch to change title etc. Is it possible to write a batch file for the command line, that changes the author, title, series, or series n° of multiple books? Together with friends I collect pulp fiction, and we maintain the books and stories in a calibre library. We do a lot of metadata-editing. Until now each of us updates his library manually. We are looking for a way to automate the metadata-update and got the idea, that this is perhaps possible with the calibre command line. But we don't know, how to write the proper commands and to put them in a batch file. Your help is most appreciated.

10-14-2012, 05:08 PM	#6
boell Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: Sony PRS 650	Thanks DoctorOhh, that helped a lot. If I see it right, the command needs the database id (in your example: 1898), so unfortunately it's not possible to write one edit batch and contribute it to everybody in our collectors group, because the id's are different for each members library, as we checked. But thanks again. Last edited by boell; 10-14-2012 at 05:11 PM.

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Terisa de morgan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,227 Karma: 11768331 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Madrid, Spain Device: Kobo Clara/Aura One/Forma,XiaoMI 5, iPad, Huawei MediaPad, YotaPhone 2	Yes, it is possible, you should use the command ebook-meta (calibre manual describes it).

10-12-2012, 04:31 AM	#3
boell Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: Sony PRS 650	Thanks for your response. I'd already found the 'ebook-meta' command in the manual. But I don't know how to use it. Can you or somebody else please give me an example how such a command actual would look like. (F.e. i want to change 'Edgar Rice Burroughs - The Man-Eater' from 'Jungle Tales 02' to 'Jungle Adventures 01')

10-14-2012, 08:56 AM	#4
boell Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: Sony PRS 650	No one, who can write this command line?

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DoctorOhh US Navy, Retired Posts: 9,864 Karma: 13806776 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: North Carolina Device: Icarus Illumina XL HD, Nexus 7	It does not require the database id, this info is just part of the path. You could put your book in C:\ and it would work fine.