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NAME

       calibredb - calibredb

          calibredb kommando [valgmuligheter] [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.

       • GLOBALE INSTILLINGERlistaddADDING FROM FOLDERSremoveadd_formatremove_formatshow_metadataset_metadataexportcatalogEPUB ALTERNATIVERsaved_searchesadd_custom_columncustom_columnsremove_custom_columnset_customrestore_databasecheck_librarylist_categoriesbackup_metadatacloneembed_metadatasearchfts_indexfts_search

GLOBALE INSTILLINGER

       --help, -h
              show this help message and exit

       --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
              Username for connecting to a calibre Content server

       --version
              show program's version number and exit

LIST

          calibredbramliste [brukervalg]

       Lister opp bøker som er tiljengelig i calibres database.

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

       --ascending
              Sorter resultater i stigende rekkefølge

       --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, template,
              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
              Generate output in JSON format, which is more suitable for machine parsing. Causes the line  width
              and separator options to be ignored.

       --limit
              The maximum number of results to display. Default: all

       --line-width, -w
              Maksimal bredde for enkeltlinje i utdata. Standard er: Følg skjermstørrelse.

       --prefix
              Benevnelse for alle filbaner. Standard er den absolutte banen til bibliotekfolderen.

       --search, -s
              Filtrer  resultatene  etter  søkekriterium. For format av søkekriterium, vennligst se søksrelatert
              dokumentasjon i brukermanualen. Standard er satt til: Ingen filtrering

       --separator
              Strengen som brukes for å dele felt. Standard er et mellomrom.

       --sort-by
              The field by which to sort the results. You can specify multiple fields by  separating  them  with
              commas.  Available  fields:  author_sort,  authors,  comments,  cover, formats, identifiers, isbn,
              languages, last_modified, pubdate, publisher, rating, series, series_index, size, tags,  template,
              timestamp, title, uuid Default: id

       --template
              The  template  to  run  if  "template" is in the field list. Note that templates are ignored while
              connecting to a calibre server. Default: None

       --template_file, -t
              Path to a file containing the template to run if "template" is in the field list. Default: None

       --template_heading
              Heading for the template  column.  Default:  template.  This  option  is  ignored  if  the  option
              --for-machine is set

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
              Angi forfattere av boken/bøkene som er lagt til

       --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
              Path to the cover to use for the added book

       --duplicates, -d
              Add  books  to  database  even  if they already exist. Comparison is done based on book titles and
              authors. Note that the --automerge option takes precedence.

       --empty, -e
              Legg til en tom bok (en uformatert bok)

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

       --isbn, -i
              Angi ISBN for boken/bøkene som er lagt til

       --languages, -l
              A comma separated list of languages (best to use ISO639 language codes, though some language names
              may also be recognized)

       --series, -s
              Set the series of the added book(s)

       --series-index, -S
              Set the series number of the added book(s)

       --tags, -T
              Set the tags of the added book(s)

       --title, -t
              Angi tittle av boken/bøkene som er lagt til

   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 Søppelkurv

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"

       --as-extra-data-file
              Add the file as an extra data file to the book, not an ebook format

       --dont-replace
              Ikke erstatt formatet hvis det allerede eksisterer

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
              Skriv ut metadata i OPF-format (XML)

SET_METADATA

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

       Set the metadata stored in the calibre database for the book identified by  book_id  from  the  OPF  file
       metadata.opf.  book_id  is a book 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). Any extra data  files  associated  with
       the book are also saved.  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 bøker i databasen, ignorer ID listen.

       --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. Ved å
              spesifisere denne bryteren vil det slå denne atferden av

       --dont-save-cover
              Normally, calibre will save the cover in a separate file along with the actual e-book files. Ved å
              spesifisere denne bryteren vil det slå denne atferden av

       --dont-save-extra-files
              Save any data files associated with the book when saving the book Ved å spesifisere denne bryteren
              vil det slå denne atferden av

       --dont-update-metadata
              Normalt vil  Calibre  oppdatere  metadata  i  de  lagrede  filene  ut  i  fra  hva  som  ligger  i
              Calibrebiblioteket.  Dette gjør lagring til disk tregere. Ved å spesifisere denne bryteren vil det
              slå denne atferden av

       --dont-write-opf
              Normalt vil Calibre skrive metadata inn i en separat OPF fil sammen med de  aktuelle  e-bokfilene.
              Ved å spesifisere denne bryteren vil det slå denne atferden av

       --formats
              Kommaseparerte  lister  av  et  format  som  skal  lagres  for  hver  bok.  Som  standard vil alle
              tilgjengelige formater bli lagret.

       --progress
              Report progress

       --replace-whitespace
              Bytt ut mellomrom med underlinje.

       --single-dir
              Eksporter alle bøker til én enkeltmappe

       --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
              Konverter baner til små bokstaver.

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
              Kommaseparert liste over database ID som skal katalogiseres. Om deklarert,  --search  er  utelatt.
              Standard: alle

       --search, -s
              Filtrer resultatene ved søke-forespørsel. For søke-forespørsel format, vennligst se i søkerelatert
              dokumentasjon i brukermanualen. Standard: ingen filtrering

       --verbose, -v
              Vis detaljert utdatainformasjon. Benyttes for feilsøking

   EPUB ALTERNATIVER
       --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:  'Nøkkelord'  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 [valg] betegnelsesnavn på datatype

       Lag  en  standardkolonne.   betegnelsen  er  maskinens  forenklede  navn på kolonnen. skal ikke inneholde
       mellomrom eller kolon. navnet er et forenklet navn på kolonnen.   datatype  er  en  av:  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 kolonnen lagrer data med emneord (f.eks. flerfoldige kommaseparerte  verdier).  Gjelder  kun
              dersom datatypen er tekst.

CUSTOM_COLUMNS

          calibredb custom_columns [options]

       List available custom columns. Shows column labels and ids.

       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 kolonne.

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
              Ikke spør etter bekreftelse

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
              Dersom  kolonnen  inneholder  flerfoldige  verdier,  legg  den  spesifiserte   verdien   til   den
              eksisterende, fremfor å erstatte 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
              Ønsker  du  virkelig  å  gjenopprette?  Denne  kommandoen vil ikke kjøres dersom dette valget ikke
              spesifiseres.

CHECK_LIBRARY

          calibredb sjekk_bibliotek [valg]

       Perform some checks on the filesystem representing a library. Reports are  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
              Utdata i CSV

       --ignore_extensions, -e
              Kommaseparert liste av utvidelser som skal ignoreres. Standard: alle

       --ignore_names, -n
              Kommaseparert liste av navn som skal ignoreres. Standard: alle

       --report, -r
              Kommaseparert liste av rapporter. Standard: alle

       --vacuum-fts-db
              Vacuum the full text search database. This can be very slow and memory intensive, depending on the
              size of the database.

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
              Utdata i CSV

       --dialect
              The type of CSV file to produce. Choices: excel, excel-tab, unix

       --item_count, -i
              List kun antallet enheter i en kategori fremfor antallet pr enhet innenfor kategorien

       --width, -w
              Maksimal bredde for enkeltlinje i utdata. Standard er: Følg skjermstørrelse.

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  Normally, this command only operates on books that have out of date OPF files. This  option  makes
              it operate on all books.

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