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NAME

       calibredb - calibredb

          calibredb kommando [valgmuligheder] [argumenter]

       calibredb  is  the  command  line  interface  to  the  calibre  database.  It  has several
       sub-commands, documented below.

       calibredb can be used to manipulate either a calibre  database  specified  by  path  or  a
       calibre  Content  server running either on the local machine or over the internet. You can
       start a calibre Content server using either the calibre-server  program  or  in  the  main
       calibre  program  click  Connect/share   →  Start Content server. Since calibredb can make
       changes to your calibre libraries, you must setup  authentication  on  the  server  first.
       There are two ways to do that:

          • If  you plan to connect only to a server running on the same computer, you can simply
            use the --enable-local-write option of the Content  server,  to  allow  any  program,
            including  calibredb,  running  on the local computer to make changes to your calibre
            data. When running the server from the  main  calibre  program,  this  option  is  in
            Preferences → Sharing over the net → Advanced.

          • If  you  want to enable access over the internet, then you should setup user accounts
            on the server and use the --username and --password options to calibredb to  give  it
            access.   You   can  setup  user  authentication  for  calibre-server  by  using  the
            --enable-auth option and using --manage-users to create the user  accounts.   If  you
            are  running the server from the main calibre program, use Preferences → Sharing over
            the net → Require username/password.

       To connect to a running Content server, pass the URL of the server to  the  --with-library
       option, see the documentation of that option for details and examples.

       • GLOBAL OPTIONSlistaddADDING FROM FOLDERSremoveadd_formatremove_formatshow_metadataset_metadataexportcatalogEPUB INDSTILLINGERsaved_searchesadd_custom_columncustom_columnsremove_custom_columnset_customrestore_databasecheck_librarylist_categoriesbackup_metadatacloneembed_metadatasearchfts_indexfts_search

GLOBAL OPTIONS

       --help, -h
              Vis denne hjælpetekst og afslut

       --library-path, --with-library
              Path to the calibre library. Default is to use the path stored in the settings. You
              can also connect  to  a  calibre  Content  server  to  perform  actions  on  remote
              libraries.  To  do  so  use a URL of the form: http://hostname:port/#library_id for
              example, http://localhost:8080/#mylibrary. library_id is  the  library  id  of  the
              library  you  want  to  connect  to  on the Content server. You can use the special
              library_id value of - to get a list of library ids available  on  the  server.  For
              details    on    how    to    setup    access    via    a   Content   server,   see
              https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/generated/en/calibredb.html.

       --password
              Password for connecting to a calibre Content server.  To  read  the  password  from
              standard  input,  use the special value: <stdin>. To read the password from a file,
              use: <f:/path/to/file> (i.e. <f: followed by the  full  path  to  the  file  and  a
              trailing  >). The angle brackets in the above are required, remember to escape them
              or use quotes for your shell.

       --timeout
              The timeout, in seconds, when connecting to a calibre library over the network. The
              default is two minutes.

       --username
              Brugernavn til forbindelsen med en Calibre-indholdsserver

       --version
              vis programmets version og afslut

LIST

          calibredb list [options]

       Liste de tilgængelige bøger i calibre databasen.

       Whenever  you  pass arguments to calibredb that have spaces in them, enclose the arguments
       in quotation marks. For example: "/some path/with spaces"

       --ascending
              Sortér resultaterne i stigende orden

       --fields, -f
              The fields to display when listing  books  in  the  database.  Should  be  a  comma
              separated  list of fields. Available fields: author_sort, authors, comments, cover,
              formats, identifiers, isbn, languages, last_modified, pubdate,  publisher,  rating,
              series,  series_index,  size,  tags, timestamp, title, uuid Default: title,authors.
              The special field "all" can be used to  select  all  fields.  In  addition  to  the
              builtin fields above, custom fields are also available as *field_name, for example,
              for a custom field #rating, use the name: *rating

       --for-machine
              Opret resultatet i JSON-format, der er mere egnet  til  maskinfortolkning.  Gør  at
              linjebredde og adskillelsesindstillinger ignoreres.

       --limit
              Maksimalt antal resultater at vise. Standard: all (alle)

       --line-width, -w
              Maksimale   bredde   af  en  enkelt  linje  i  output.  Standard  er  at  detektere
              skærmstørrelsen.

       --prefix
              Præfiks for alle filstier. Standard er en absolut sti til biblioteksmappen.

       --search, -s
              Filtrér resultaterne efter søgeforespørgslen. For  at  finde  ud  af  formatet  for
              søgeforespørgslen,  venligst se den søge relaterede dokumentation i brugermanualen.
              Standard er ingen filtrering.

       --separator
              Strengen anvendt til at separere felter. Standard er et mellemrum.

       --sort-by
              Feltet resultaterne sorteres  efter.  Tilgængelige  felter:  author_sort,  authors,
              comments,  cover,  formats,  identifiers,  isbn, languages, last_modified, pubdate,
              publisher,  rating,  series,  series_index,  size,  tags,  timestamp,  title,  uuid
              Standard: id

ADD

          calibredb add [options] file1 file2 file3 ...

       Add  the  specified  files as books to the database. You can also specify folders, see the
       folder related options below.

       Whenever you pass arguments to calibredb that have spaces in them, enclose  the  arguments
       in quotation marks. For example: "/some path/with spaces"

       --authors, -a
              Sæt forfattere på den/de tilføjede bøger

       --automerge, -m
              If  books  with  similar  titles  and authors are found, merge the incoming formats
              (files) automatically into  existing  book  records.  A  value  of  "ignore"  means
              duplicate  formats are discarded. A value of "overwrite" means duplicate formats in
              the library are overwritten with the newly added files.  A  value  of  "new_record"
              means duplicate formats are placed into a new book record.

       --cover, -c
              Sti til omslag til brug for den tilføjede bog

       --duplicates, -d
              Tilføj  bøger  til  databasen  selv om de allerede findes. Sammenligning udføres på
              bogtitler og forfattere. Bemærk at indstillingen --automerge har forrang.

       --empty, -e
              Tilføj en tom bog (en bog uden formater)

       --identifier, -I
              Set the identifiers for this book, e.g. -I asin:XXX -I isbn:YYY

       --isbn, -i
              Sæt ISBN på den/de tilføjede bøger

       --languages, -l
              En kommaadskilt liste over sprog (bedst  til  brug  med  ISO639-sprogkoder,  selvom
              nogle sprognavne måske ikke bliver genkendt)

       --series, -s
              Sæt serie for den/de tilføjede bøger

       --series-index, -S
              Sæt serie nummeret for den/de tilføjede bøger

       --tags, -T
              Sæt tags for den/de tilføjede bøger

       --title, -t
              Sæt titlen på de tilføjede bøger

   ADDING FROM FOLDERS
       Options  to  control  the  adding  of  books from folders. By default only files that have
       extensions of known e-book file types are added.

       --add  A filename (glob) pattern, files matching this pattern will be added when  scanning
              folders  for  files,  even  if  they  are  not  of a known e-book file type. Can be
              specified multiple times for multiple patterns.

       --ignore
              A filename (glob) pattern,  files  matching  this  pattern  will  be  ignored  when
              scanning  folders for files. Can be specified multiple times for multiple patterns.
              For example: *.pdf will ignore all PDF files

       --one-book-per-directory, -1
              Assume that each folder has only a single logical book and that all files in it are
              different e-book formats of that book

       --recurse, -r
              Process folders recursively

REMOVE

          calibredb remove ids

       Remove the books identified by ids from the database. ids should be a comma separated list
       of id numbers (you can  get  id  numbers  by  using  the  search  command).  For  example,
       23,34,57-85 (when specifying a range, the last number in the range is not included).

       Whenever  you  pass arguments to calibredb that have spaces in them, enclose the arguments
       in quotation marks. For example: "/some path/with spaces"

       --permanent
              Do not use the Recycle Bin

ADD_FORMAT

          calibredb add_format [options] id ebook_file

       Add the e-book in ebook_file to the available formats for the logical book  identified  by
       id.  You  can  get  id  by  using  the search command. If the format already exists, it is
       replaced, unless the do not replace option is specified.

       Whenever you pass arguments to calibredb that have spaces in them, enclose  the  arguments
       in quotation marks. For example: "/some path/with spaces"

       --dont-replace
              Erstat ikke formatet hvis det allerede findes

REMOVE_FORMAT

          calibredb remove_format [options] id fmt

       Remove  the format fmt from the logical book identified by id. You can get id by using the
       search command. fmt should be a file extension like LRF or TXT or  EPUB.  If  the  logical
       book does not have fmt available, do nothing.

       Whenever  you  pass arguments to calibredb that have spaces in them, enclose the arguments
       in quotation marks. For example: "/some path/with spaces"

SHOW_METADATA

          calibredb show_metadata [options] id

       Show the metadata stored in the calibre database for the book identified by id.  id is  an
       id number from the search command.

       Whenever  you  pass arguments to calibredb that have spaces in them, enclose the arguments
       in quotation marks. For example: "/some path/with spaces"

       --as-opf
              Udskriv metadata i OPF-form (XML)

SET_METADATA

          calibredb set_metadata [options] id [/path/to/metadata.opf]

       Set the metadata stored in the calibre database for the book identified by id from the OPF
       file  metadata.opf.  id  is an id number from the search command. You can get a quick feel
       for the OPF format by using the --as-opf switch to the show_metadata command. You can also
       set  the  metadata  of  individual  fields with the --field option. If you use the --field
       option, there is no need to specify an OPF file.

       Whenever you pass arguments to calibredb that have spaces in them, enclose  the  arguments
       in quotation marks. For example: "/some path/with spaces"

       --field, -f
              The  field to set. Format is field_name:value, for example: --field tags:tag1,tag2.
              Use --list-fields to get a list of all field names. You  can  specify  this  option
              multiple  times to set multiple fields. Note: For languages you must use the ISO639
              language codes (e.g. en for English, fr for French and so on). For identifiers, the
              syntax  is --field identifiers:isbn:XXXX,doi:YYYYY. For boolean (yes/no) fields use
              true and false or yes and no.

       --list-fields, -l
              List the metadata field names that can be used with the --field option

EXPORT

          calibredb export [options] ids

       Export the books specified by ids (a comma separated list) to the filesystem.  The  export
       operation  saves all formats of the book, its cover and metadata (in an opf file). You can
       get id numbers from the search command.

       Whenever you pass arguments to calibredb that have spaces in them, enclose  the  arguments
       in quotation marks. For example: "/some path/with spaces"

       --all  Eksporter alle bøger i databasen, listen over id'er ignoreres.

       --dont-asciiize
              Have  calibre  convert  all non English characters into English equivalents for the
              file names. This is useful if saving to a legacy filesystem  without  full  support
              for Unicode filenames. Specificering af denne switch vil slå denne opførsel fra.

       --dont-save-cover
              Normally,  calibre  will  save  the  cover in a separate file along with the actual
              e-book files. Specificering af denne switch vil slå denne opførsel fra.

       --dont-update-metadata
              Normalt vil calibre opdatere metadataene i  de  gemte  filer  fra  hvad  der  er  i
              calibre-biblioteket.  Gør  gem-til-disk  langsommere. Specificering af denne switch
              vil slå denne opførsel fra.

       --dont-write-opf
              Normalt, vil calibre skrive metadataene  til  en  separat  OPF-fil  sammen  med  de
              aktuelle e-bog-filer. Specificering af denne switch vil slå denne opførsel fra.

       --formats
              Kommasepareret liste af formater, som gemmes for hver bog. Som standard gemmes alle
              tilgængelige formater.

       --progress
              Rapporter status

       --replace-whitespace
              Udskift blanktegn med bundstreger.

       --single-dir
              Export all books into a single folder

       --template
              The template to control the filename and  folder  structure  of  the  saved  files.
              Default is "{author_sort}/{title}/{title} - {authors}" which will save books into a
              per-author subfolder with filenames containing title and author. Available controls
              are: {author_sort, authors, id, isbn, languages, last_modified, pubdate, publisher,
              rating, series, series_index, tags, timestamp, title}

       --timefmt
              The format in which to display dates. %d - day, %b - month, %m - month number, %Y -
              year. Default is: %b, %Y

       --to-dir
              Export books to the specified folder. Default is .

       --to-lowercase
              Konvertér stier til småbogstaver.

CATALOG

          calibredb catalog /path/to/destination.(csv|epub|mobi|xml...) [options]

       Export  a  catalog  in format specified by path/to/destination extension.  Options control
       how entries are displayed in the generated catalog output.  Note  that  different  catalog
       formats  support different sets of options. To see the different options, specify the name
       of the output file and then the --help option.

       Whenever you pass arguments to calibredb that have spaces in them, enclose  the  arguments
       in quotation marks. For example: "/some path/with spaces"

       --ids, -i
              Kommasepareret  liste af database IDs til kataloget. Hvis erklæret, --search bliver
              ignoreret. Standard: all

       --search, -s
              Filtrér resultatet med søgeforespørgsel. Vedrørende formatet for  søgeforespørgsel,
              venligst   se   søgerelateret   dokumentation  i  brugermanualen.  Standard:  Ingen
              filtrering

       --verbose, -v
              Vis detaljeret output-information. Anvendeligt ved fejlfinding

   EPUB INDSTILLINGER
       --catalog-title
              Title of generated catalog used as title in metadata. Default: 'My  Books'  Applies
              to: AZW3, EPUB, MOBI output formats

       --cross-reference-authors
              Create  cross-references  in  Authors  section  for  books  with  multiple authors.
              Default: 'False' Applies to: AZW3, EPUB, MOBI output formats

       --debug-pipeline
              Save the output from different stages of the conversion pipeline to  the  specified
              folder.  Useful if you are unsure at which stage of the conversion process a bug is
              occurring. Default: 'None' Applies to: AZW3, EPUB, MOBI output formats

       --exclude-genre
              Regex describing tags to exclude as genres. Default: '[.+]|^+$' excludes  bracketed
              tags,  e.g. '[Project Gutenberg]', and '+', the default tag for read books. Applies
              to: AZW3, EPUB, MOBI output formats

       --exclusion-rules
              Specifies the rules used to exclude books from the generated catalog. The model for
              an exclusion rule is either ('<rule name>','Tags','<comma-separated list of tags>')
              or  ('<rule  name>','<custom  column>','<pattern>').   For   example:   (('Archived
              books','#status','Archived'),)  will  exclude  a book with a value of 'Archived' in
              the custom column 'status'. When multiple rules are  defined,  all  rules  will  be
              applied.  Default:  "(('Catalogs','Tags','Catalog'),)" Applies to: AZW3, EPUB, MOBI
              output formats

       --generate-authors
              Include 'Authors' section in catalog. Default: 'False' Applies to: AZW3, EPUB, MOBI
              output formats

       --generate-descriptions
              Include 'Descriptions' section in catalog. Default: 'False' Applies to: AZW3, EPUB,
              MOBI output formats

       --generate-genres
              Include 'Genres' section in catalog. Default: 'False' Applies to: AZW3, EPUB,  MOBI
              output formats

       --generate-recently-added
              Include  'Recently  Added'  section  in catalog. Default: 'False' Applies to: AZW3,
              EPUB, MOBI output formats

       --generate-series
              Include 'Series' section in catalog. Default: 'False' Applies to: AZW3, EPUB,  MOBI
              output formats

       --generate-titles
              Include  'Titles' section in catalog. Default: 'False' Applies to: AZW3, EPUB, MOBI
              output formats

       --genre-source-field
              Source field for 'Genres' section. Default: 'Mærkater' Applies to: AZW3, EPUB, MOBI
              output formats

       --header-note-source-field
              Custom  field  containing  note  text  to insert in Description header. Default: ''
              Applies to: AZW3, EPUB, MOBI output formats

       --merge-comments-rule
              #<custom  field>:[before|after]:[True|False]  specifying:   <custom  field>  Custom
              field  containing  notes  to merge with comments  [before|after] Placement of notes
              with respect to comments  [True|False] - A  horizontal  rule  is  inserted  between
              notes and comments Default: '::' Applies to: AZW3, EPUB, MOBI output formats

       --output-profile
              Specifies  the  output  profile.  In  some  cases, an output profile is required to
              optimize the catalog for the device. For example, 'kindle' or 'kindle_dx' creates a
              structured  Table  of  Contents with Sections and Articles. Default: 'None' Applies
              to: AZW3, EPUB, MOBI output formats

       --prefix-rules
              Specifies the rules used to include prefixes indicating read books, wishlist  items
              and  other  user-specified  prefixes.  The  model  for  a  prefix  rule  is ('<rule
              name>','<source field>','<pattern>','<prefix>'). When multiple rules  are  defined,
              the     first     matching     rule     will    be    used.    Default:    "(('Read
              books','tags','+',''),('Wishlist item','tags','Wishlist','×'))" Applies to:  AZW3,
              EPUB, MOBI output formats

       --preset
              Use  a  named  preset  created with the GUI catalog builder. A preset specifies all
              settings for building a catalog. Default:  'None'  Applies  to:  AZW3,  EPUB,  MOBI
              output formats

       --thumb-width
              Size  hint  (in inches) for book covers in catalog. Range: 1.0 - 2.0 Default: '1.0'
              Applies to: AZW3, EPUB, MOBI output formats

       --use-existing-cover
              Replace existing cover when generating the catalog. Default:  'False'  Applies  to:
              AZW3, EPUB, MOBI output formats

SAVED_SEARCHES

          calibredb saved_searches [options] (list|add|remove)

       Manage  the saved searches stored in this database.  If you try to add a query with a name
       that already exists, it will be replaced.

       Syntax for adding:

       calibredb saved_searches add search_name search_expression

       Syntax for removing:

       calibredb saved_searches remove search_name

       Whenever you pass arguments to calibredb that have spaces in them, enclose  the  arguments
       in quotation marks. For example: "/some path/with spaces"

ADD_CUSTOM_COLUMN

          calibredb add_custom_column [options] label navn datatype

       Opret en brugerdefineret kolonne. label er et maskinvenligt kolonnenavn. Må ikke indeholde
       mellemrum eller koloner. name er det menneskevenlige  kolonnenavn.   datatype  er  en  af:
       bool, comments, composite, datetime, enumeration, float, int, rating, series, text

       Whenever  you  pass arguments to calibredb that have spaces in them, enclose the arguments
       in quotation marks. For example: "/some path/with spaces"

       --display
              A dictionary of  options  to  customize  how  the  data  in  this  column  will  be
              interpreted.  This  is  a  JSON   string. For enumeration columns, use --display"{\
              "enum_values\ ":[\ "val1\ ", \ "val2\ "]}" There are many options that can go  into
              the display variable.The options by column type are: composite: composite_template,
              composite_sort, make_category,contains_html, use_decorations datetime:  date_format
              enumeration:  enum_values,  enum_colors,  use_decorations int, float: number_format
              text: is_names, use_decorations  The best way to  find  legal  combinations  is  to
              create  a  custom column of the appropriate type in the GUI then look at the backup
              OPF for a book (ensure that a new OPF has been created since the column was added).
              You will see the JSON for the "display" for the new column in the OPF.

       --is-multiple
              Denne kolonne gemmer mærkat ligesom data (f.eks. multiple kommaseparerede værdier).
              Giver kun mening hvis datatypen er tekst.

CUSTOM_COLUMNS

          calibredb custom_columns [options]

       Vis tilgængelige tilpassede kolonner. Viser kolonneetiketter og id'er.

       Whenever you pass arguments to calibredb that have spaces in them, enclose  the  arguments
       in quotation marks. For example: "/some path/with spaces"

       --details, -d
              Vis detaljer for hver kolonner.

REMOVE_CUSTOM_COLUMN

          calibredb remove_custom_column [options] label

       Remove  the  custom  column  identified  by  label. You can see available columns with the
       custom_columns command.

       Whenever you pass arguments to calibredb that have spaces in them, enclose  the  arguments
       in quotation marks. For example: "/some path/with spaces"

       --force, -f
              Spørger/spørg ikke efter bekræftelse

SET_CUSTOM

          calibredb set_custom [options] column id value

       Set the value of a custom column for the book identified by id.  You can get a list of ids
       using the search  command.   You  can  get  a  list  of  custom  column  names  using  the
       custom_columns command.

       Whenever  you  pass arguments to calibredb that have spaces in them, enclose the arguments
       in quotation marks. For example: "/some path/with spaces"

       --append, -a
              Hvis kolonnen gemmer multiple værdier, tilføjes de  specificerede  værdier  til  de
              eksisterende, istedet for at overskrive dem.

RESTORE_DATABASE

          calibredb restore_database [options]

       Restore  this database from the metadata stored in OPF files in each folder of the calibre
       library. This is useful if your metadata.db file has been corrupted.

       WARNING: This command completely regenerates  your  database.  You  will  lose  all  saved
       searches,  user  categories,  plugboards,  stored per-book conversion settings, and custom
       recipes. Restored metadata will only be as accurate as what is found in the OPF files.

       Whenever you pass arguments to calibredb that have spaces in them, enclose  the  arguments
       in quotation marks. For example: "/some path/with spaces"

       --really-do-it, -r
              Skal  opretningen  virkelig  udføres.  Kommanden  vil  ikke  køre,  medmindre denne
              mulighed bliver angivet.

CHECK_LIBRARY

          calibredb check_library [options]

       Udføre  nogle  check  på  filsystemet  som  repræsenterer  et  bibliotek.   Rapporter   er
       invalid_titles,    extra_titles,    invalid_authors,    extra_authors,    missing_formats,
       extra_formats, extra_files, missing_covers, extra_covers, failed_folders

       Whenever you pass arguments to calibredb that have spaces in them, enclose  the  arguments
       in quotation marks. For example: "/some path/with spaces"

       --csv, -c
              Output i CSV

       --ignore_extensions, -e
              Komma-separeret liste af fil-extensions som ignoreres. Standard: Alle

       --ignore_names, -n
              Komma-separeret liste af navne som ignoreres. Standard: Alle

       --report, -r
              Komma-separeret liste af rapporter. Standard: Alle

LIST_CATEGORIES

          calibredb list_categories [options]

       Produce  a  report  of  the  category  information in the database. The information is the
       equivalent of what is shown in the Tag browser.

       Whenever you pass arguments to calibredb that have spaces in them, enclose  the  arguments
       in quotation marks. For example: "/some path/with spaces"

       --categories, -r
              Comma-separated list of category lookup names. Default: all

       --csv, -c
              Output i CSV

       --dialect
              Typen af CSV-fil at fremstille. Valg: excel, excel-tab, unix

       --item_count, -i
              Output  kun antallet af emner i en kategori, istedet for antallet per emne indenfor
              kategorien

       --width, -w
              Maksimale  bredde  af  en  enkelt  linje  i  output.  Standard  er   at   detektere
              skærmstørrelsen.

BACKUP_METADATA

          calibredb backup_metadata [options]

       Backup the metadata stored in the database into individual OPF files in each books folder.
       This normally happens automatically, but you can run this command to  force  re-generation
       of the OPF files, with the --all option.

       Note  that  there  is  normally  no  need  to  do  this,  as  the  OPF files are backed up
       automatically, every time metadata is changed.

       Whenever you pass arguments to calibredb that have spaces in them, enclose  the  arguments
       in quotation marks. For example: "/some path/with spaces"

       --all  Normalt  fungerer  denne  kommando  kun på bøger som har forældede OPF-filer. Dette
              tilvalg gør at det fungerer på alle bøger.

CLONE

          calibredb clone path/to/new/library

       Create a clone of the current library. This creates a new, empty library that has all  the
       same custom columns, Virtual libraries and other settings as the current library.

       The  cloned  library  will  contain  no  books.  If  you  want to create a full duplicate,
       including all books, then simply use your filesystem tools to copy the library folder.

       Whenever you pass arguments to calibredb that have spaces in them, enclose  the  arguments
       in quotation marks. For example: "/some path/with spaces"

EMBED_METADATA

          calibredb embed_metadata [options] book_id

       Update  the  metadata  in  the  actual  book  files stored in the calibre library from the
       metadata in the calibre database.  Normally, metadata is updated only when exporting files
       from  calibre,  this  command is useful if you want the files to be updated in place. Note
       that different file formats support different amounts of metadata. You can use the special
       value  'all'  for  book_id to update metadata in all books. You can also specify many book
       ids separated by spaces and  id  ranges  separated  by  hyphens.  For  example:  calibredb
       embed_metadata 1 2 10-15 23

       Whenever  you  pass arguments to calibredb that have spaces in them, enclose the arguments
       in quotation marks. For example: "/some path/with spaces"

       --only-formats, -f
              Only update metadata in files of the specified format. Specify  it  multiple  times
              for multiple formats. By default, all formats are updated.

SEARCH

          calibredb search [options] search expression

       Search the library for the specified search term, returning a comma separated list of book
       ids matching the search expression. The  output  format  is  useful  to  feed  into  other
       commands that accept a list of ids as input.

       The  search  expression can be anything from calibre's powerful search query language, for
       example: calibredb search author:asimov 'title:"i robot"'

       Whenever you pass arguments to calibredb that have spaces in them, enclose  the  arguments
       in quotation marks. For example: "/some path/with spaces"

       --limit, -l
              The maximum number of results to return. Default is all results.

FTS_INDEX

          calibredb fts_index [options] enable/disable/status/reindex

       Control the Full text search indexing process.

       enable Turns on FTS indexing for this library

       disable
              Turns off FTS indexing for this library

       status Shows the current indexing status

       reindex
              Can  be used to re-index either particular books or the entire library. To re-index
              particular books specify the book ids as additional  arguments  after  the  reindex
              command. If no book ids are specified the entire library is re-indexed.

       Whenever  you  pass arguments to calibredb that have spaces in them, enclose the arguments
       in quotation marks. For example: "/some path/with spaces"

       --indexing-speed
              The speed of indexing.  Use  fast  for  fast  indexing  using  all  your  computers
              resources  and  slow  for  less resource intensive indexing. Note that the speed is
              reset to slow after every invocation.

       --wait-for-completion
              Wait till all books are indexed, showing indexing progress periodically

FTS_SEARCH

          calibredb fts_search [options] search expression

       Do a full text search on the entire library or a subset of it.

       Whenever you pass arguments to calibredb that have spaces in them, enclose  the  arguments
       in quotation marks. For example: "/some path/with spaces"

       --do-not-match-on-related-words
              Only  match  on  exact  words  not  related  words.  So  correction  will not match
              correcting.

       --include-snippets
              Include snippets of the text surrounding each match. Note that this makes searching
              much slower.

       --indexing-threshold
              How  much  of  the  library  must  be  indexed  before  searching  is allowed, as a
              percentage. Defaults to 90

       --match-end-marker
              The marker used to indicate the end of a matched word inside a snippet

       --match-start-marker
              The marker used to indicate the start of a matched word inside a snippet

       --output-format
              The format to output the search results in. Either "text" for plain text or  "json"
              for JSON output.

       --restrict-to
              Restrict  the searched books, either using a search expression or ids. For example:
              ids:1,2,3 to restrict by ids or search:tag:foo to restrict to books having the  tag
              foo.

AUTHOR

       Kovid Goyal

COPYRIGHT

       Kovid Goyal