1EBOOK-CONVERT(1) calibre EBOOK-CONVERT(1)
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6 ebook-convert - part of calibre
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9 ebook-convert input_file output_file [options]
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12 Convert an ebook from one format to another.
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14 input_file is the input and output_file is the output. Both must be
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17 The output ebook format is guessed from the file extension of out‐
18 put_file. output_file can also be of the special format .EXT where EXT
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26 After specifying the input and output file you can customize the con‐
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31 For full documentation of the conversion system see http://calibre-
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45 The User Manual is available at http://calibre-ebook.com/user_manual
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47 Created by Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
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51ebook-convert (calibre 0.7.38) March 2011 EBOOK-CONVERT(1)