calibredb - calibredb
calibredb command [options] [arguments]
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.
- remove
- add_format
- remove_format
- show_metadata
- set_metadata
- export
- catalog
- saved_searches
- add_custom_column
- custom_columns
- remove_custom_column
- set_custom
- restore_database
- check_library
- list_categories
- backup_metadata
- clone
- embed_metadata
- search
- fts_index
- fts_search
- --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
- Nama pengguna untuk menyambung ke server Konten calibre
List the books available in the calibre database.
Whenever you pass arguments to calibredb that have spaces in them,
enclose the arguments in quotation marks. For example: "/some path/with
spaces"
- --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
- The maximum width of a single line in the output. Defaults to detecting
screen size.
- --prefix
- The prefix for all file paths. Default is the absolute path to the library
folder.
- --search,
-s
- Filter the results by the search query. For the format of the search
query, please see the search related documentation in the User Manual.
Default is to do no filtering.
- --separator
- The string used to separate fields. Default is a space.
- --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. 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
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"
- --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 ke sampul yang akan dipakai untuk buku yang ditambahkan
- --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
- Menambahkan sebuah buku kosong (buku tanpa format)
- --identifier,
-I
- Set the identifiers for this book, e.g. -I asin:XXX -I isbn:YYY
- --languages,
-l
- Daftar bahasa yang dipisah koma (paling baik memakai kode bahasa ISO639,
walaupun beberapa nama bahasa mungkin juga dikenali)
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
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"
calibredb add_format [opsi] id berkas_ebook
Tambahkan e-book di berkas_ebook ke format yang tersedia untuk
buku logis yang diidentifikasi dengan id. Anda bisa mendapatkan id dengan
menggunakan perintah pencarian. Jika format sudah ada, itu akan diganti,
kecuali jika opsi jangan mengganti dinyatakan.
Whenever you pass arguments to calibredb that have spaces in them,
enclose the arguments in quotation marks. For example: "/some path/with
spaces"
calibredb remove_format [pilihan] id fmt
Hapus format fmt dari buku logis diidentifikasi dengan id. Anda
bisa mendapatkan id dengan menggunakan perintah pencarian. fmt harus menjadi
ekstensi berkas seperti LRF atau TXT atau EPUB. Jika buku logis tidak
memiliki fmt tersebut, tidak melakukan apa-apa.
Whenever you pass arguments to calibredb that have spaces in them,
enclose the arguments in quotation marks. For example: "/some path/with
spaces"
calibredb show_metadata [pilihan] id
Menampilkan metadata yang tersimpan dalam basis data calibre untuk
buku yang diidentifikasi oleh id. id adalah nomor id dari perintah
pencarian.
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
- Print metadata in OPF form (XML)
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
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
- Ekspor semua buku dalam basis data, mengabaikan daftar id.
- --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. Menentukan saklar ini akan
menonaktifkan perilaku ini.
- --dont-save-cover
- Normally, calibre will save the cover in a separate file along with the
actual e-book files. Menentukan saklar ini akan menonaktifkan perilaku
ini.
- --dont-update-metadata
- Normally, calibre will update the metadata in the saved files from what is
in the calibre library. Makes saving to disk slower. Menentukan saklar ini
akan menonaktifkan perilaku ini.
- --dont-write-opf
- Normally, calibre will write the metadata into a separate OPF file along
with the actual e-book files. Menentukan saklar ini akan menonaktifkan
perilaku ini.
- --formats
- Comma separated list of formats to save for each book. By default all
available formats are saved.
- --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
- Ekspor buku ke folder khusus. Defaultnya adalah .
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
- Comma-separated list of database IDs to catalog. If declared,
--search is ignored. Default: all
- --search,
-s
- Filter the results by the search query. For the format of the search
query, please see the search-related documentation in the User Manual.
Default: no filtering
- --verbose,
-v
- Tampilkan informasi luaran rinci. Berguna untuk pengawakutuan
- --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:
'Tags' Applies to: AZW3, EPUB, MOBI output formats
- 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
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"
calibredb add_custom_column [opsi] label nama tipedata
Membuat kolom ubahan. label adalah nama kolom ramah mesin. Tidak
boleh mengandung spasi atau titik dua. nama adalah nama kolom ramah manusia.
tipedata adalah salah satu dari: 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
- Sebuah kamus pilihan untuk menyesuaikan bagaimana data dalam kolom ini
akan ditafsirkan. Ini adalah string JSON. Untuk enumerasi kolom, gunakan
--display"{\ "enum_values\ ":[\
"val1\ ", \ "val2\
"]}" Ada banyak pilihan yang bisa masuk ke
variabel tampilan. Pilihan dengan jenis kolom adalah: komposit:
composite_template, composite_sort, make_category, contains_html,
use_decorations datetime: date_format enumerasi: enum_values, enum_colors,
use_decorations int, float: number_format teks: is_names, use_decorations
Cara terbaik untuk menemukan kombinasi yang legal adalah dengan membuat
kolom ubahan dari jenis yang sesuai di GUI kemudian melihat OPF cadangan
untuk sebuah buku (memastikan bahwa OPF baru telah dibuat sejak kolom
ditambahkan). Anda akan melihat JSON untuk
"display" untuk kolom baru di OPF.
- --is-multiple
- Kolom ini menyimpan tag seperti data (yaitu beberapa nilai yang dipisahkan
koma). Hanya berlaku jika tipedata adalah teks.
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"
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"
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
- If the column stores multiple values, append the specified values to the
existing ones, instead of replacing them.
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
- Really do the recovery. The command will not run unless this option is
specified.
calibredb check_library [options]
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"
- --report,
-r
- Daftar laporan yang dipisahkan koma. Baku: semua
- --vacuum-fts-db
- Vacuum the full text search database. This can be very slow and memory
intensive, depending on the size of the database.
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"
- --dialect
- The type of CSV file to produce. Choices: excel, excel-tab, unix
- --item_count,
-i
- Output only the number of items in a category instead of the counts per
item within the category
- --width,
-w
- The maximum width of a single line in the output. Defaults to detecting
screen size.
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
- Biasanya, perintah ini hanya beroperasi pada buku yang memiliki berkas OPF
kedaluwarsa. Opsi ini membuatnya beroperasi pada semua buku.
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"
calibredb embed_metadata [pilihan] id_buku
Memperbarui metadata dalam berkas buku aktual yang disimpan di
pustakaan calibre dari metadata dalam basis data calibre. Biasanya, metadata
diperbarui hanya ketika mengekspor berkas dari calibre, perintah ini berguna
jika Anda ingin berkas Diperbarui di tempat. Perhatikan bahwa format berkas
yang berbeda mendukung banyaknya metadata yang berbeda. Anda dapat
menggunakan nilai khusus ‘all’ bagi id_buku untuk memperbarui
metadata dalam semua buku. Anda juga dapat menentukan banyak id buku yang
dipisahkan oleh spasi dan rentang id dipisahkan oleh tanda hubung. Misalnya:
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.
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.
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.
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"
- --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
- --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.