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Old 04-18-2010, 10:31 PM   #1
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Question using wildcards for conversion ?
newbie question here,

im trying to convert alot of ebooks using command line with wildcards, but it giving me error messages, so i have to do it one by one.

i used this command for to convert a bulk of .lit files

ebook-convert *.lit *.epub

am i doing something wrong? is it just simply impossible & i have to do it via the GUI? to be honest i prefer to use the command line as the GUI is running pretty slow in my laptop.
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Old 04-18-2010, 11:13 PM   #2
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ebook-convert doesn't support wildcards, just write a simple batch file/shell script to wrap calls to ebook-convert
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Old 04-19-2010, 01:03 AM   #3
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why didnt i think of that? thanks
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Old 04-19-2010, 10:48 AM   #4
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I don't recall if it applies to ebook-convert, but several of Calibre's command line utilities don't play well with the Windows command processor when invoked in a batch file. If you're on Windows and have problems with the batch file stopping after one line, come back here for more advice. I usually wrap a "for" loop around the Calibre utility to operate on a single batch line, or use "start" in front of the lines in the batch file, but there are some other workarounds if you have trouble.
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Old 04-19-2010, 02:17 PM   #5
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I don't recall if it applies to ebook-convert, but several of Calibre's command line utilities don't play well with the Windows command processor when invoked in a batch file. If you're on Windows and have problems with the batch file stopping after one line, come back here for more advice. I usually wrap a "for" loop around the Calibre utility to operate on a single batch line, or use "start" in front of the lines in the batch file, but there are some other workarounds if you have trouble.

ooh thanks Starson17 for the offer, I used this command line

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for %%I in (*.lit) do "C:\Program Files\Calibre2\ebook-convert.exe" "%%I" "%%~nI.epub"
and it works just fine for converting .lit to epub in windows, but i got another question , how can i convert .doc to html? whats the equivalent of convert in microsoft word? i was thinking of converting my .doc files to epub. ...as calibre dont do .doc. i thought i should do .doc->html->epub .
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ooh thanks Starson17 for the offer, I used this command line
That's pretty close to how I do it. The for loop works great.

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but i got another question , how can i convert .doc to html? whats the equivalent of convert in microsoft word? i was thinking of converting my .doc files to epub. ...as calibre dont do .doc. i thought i should do .doc->html->epub .
I've heard of .doc converters, but haven't used them. Some searches here might help, as I vaguely recall a discussion of .doc conversion here.
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and it works just fine for converting .lit to epub in windows, but i got another question , how can i convert .doc to html? whats the equivalent of convert in microsoft word? i was thinking of converting my .doc files to epub. ...as calibre dont do .doc. i thought i should do .doc->html->epub .
To convert .doc to html to epub check out this thread, specifically posts 23, 47, 49 and 56.
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Old 04-20-2010, 10:16 PM   #8
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To convert .doc to html to epub check out this thread, specifically posts 23, 47, 49 and 56.
oh what a great thread!!! thanks for pointing me to the right direction, will check those tricks out .
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