CLI show ebook

[NicolasBourbaki]

Hello everybody out there using calibre,

With `calibredb list --search ...` it is possible to search for a ebook on the command line.
Is there also a command to open the ebook with a suitable application (PDF or EPUB reader) or at least get the path of the attached file?

Best,
Nicolas

[theducks]

the ID number returned by the search is the key to chaining the commands

look at the --export switch

[NicolasBourbaki]

Thanks a lot for the quick answer.

I searched the web and only found out that

--export

(add to

calibredb

?) saves books and metadata to a certain directory.
What I would like to do however, is opening a book (for example by its ID) with a suitable application).

[Divingduck]

Don't Google it, use instead the manual and in addition the inline help from command line tool's.

calibre manual:
https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/gen...redb.html#list

Inline help for calibredb list via command line (as for all command line tool from calibre):
calibredb list --help

As fare I know there is no direct information for a book file including the path information. But this isn't a real problem. Create first a custom field from type "custom build from other columns":
Lookup name: pathfilename
Column heading: Path&FileNameAll
template: {:'formats_paths()'}
Sort/search: Text

Now you can use the commandline tool calibredb to fetch the informations you need. Example (output into file testpath.txt):

calibredb list --fields=author,title,*pathfilename >testpath.txt

Remark:
The template extract all book files for a book entry, this means if you have more then one format for a book you will get for each format a file and path information.

Hope this will help you a little for your problem.

Edit: There was a little typo for authors. The correct string is:
calibredb list --fields=authors,title,*pathfilename >testpath.txt