1EBOOK-META(1)                       calibre                      EBOOK-META(1)
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NAME

6       ebook-meta - part of calibre
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SYNOPSIS

9       ebook-meta  ebook_file [options]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Read/Write metadata from/to ebook files.
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14       Supported formats for reading metadata: azw, azw1, cbr, cbz, chm, epub,
15       fb2, html, imp, lit, lrf, lrx, mobi, odt, oebzip, opf, pdb,  pdf,  pml,
16       pmlz, prc, rar, rb, rtf, snb, tpz, txt, zip
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18       Supported  formats  for  writing  metadata: azw, azw1, epub, lrf, mobi,
19       pdb, pdf, prc, rtf, tpz
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21       Different file types support different kinds of metadata. If you try to
22       set some metadata on a file type that does not support it, the metadata
23       will be silently ignored.
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25       Whenever you pass arguments to ebook-meta that  have  spaces  in  them,
26       enclose the arguments in quotation marks.
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OPTIONS

29       --version
30              show program's version number and exit
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32       -h, --help
33              show this help message and exit
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35       -t, --title
36              Set the title.
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38       -a, --authors
39              Set  the  authors. Multiple authors should be separated by the &
40              character. Author names should be in the order  Firstname  Last‐
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43       --title-sort
44              The version of the title to be used for sorting. If unspecified,
45              and the title is specified, it will be auto-generated  from  the
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48       --author-sort
49              String  to  be  used when sorting by author. If unspecified, and
50              the author(s) are specified, it will be auto-generated from  the
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53       --cover
54              Set the cover to the specified file.
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56       -c, --comments
57              Set the ebook description.
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59       -p, --publisher
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62       --category
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65       -s, --series
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69              Set the index of the book in this series.
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72              Set the rating. Should be a number between 1 and 5.
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74       --isbn Set the ISBN of the book.
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76       --tags Set the tags for the book. Should be a comma separated list.
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78       -k, --book-producer
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81       -l, --language
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84       -d, --date
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87       --get-cover
88              Get  the  cover  from  the ebook and save it at as the specified
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91       --to-opf
92              Specify the name of an OPF file. The metadata will be written to
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95       --from-opf
96              Read  metadata  from  the  specified  OPF file and use it to set
97              metadata in the ebook. Metadata specified on  the  command  line
98              will override metadata read from the OPF file
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100       --lrf-bookid
101              Set the BookID in LRF files
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SEE ALSO

104       The User Manual is available at http://calibre-ebook.com/user_manual
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106       Created by Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
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110ebook-meta (calibre 0.7.38)       March 2011                     EBOOK-META(1)