mobimeta(1)

1mobimeta(1)                 User's Reference Manual                mobimeta(1)
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NAME

4     mobimeta — Utility for modifying metadata of MOBI format ebook files.
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SYNOPSIS

7     mobimeta [-a meta=value[,meta=value,...]] [-d meta[,meta,...]]
8              [-s meta=value[,meta=value,...]] [-p pid] [-P serial] filein
9              [fileout]
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DESCRIPTION

12     The program handles .prc, .mobi, .azw; .azw3, .azw4, some .pdb documents.
13     Written as a test case for libmobi library.
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15     Invoked without arguments prints document metadata and exits. If fileout
16     is specified, modified document will be saved with this name, otherwise
17     original input filein will be modified.
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19     A list of flags and their descriptions:
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21     -a meta=value[,meta=value,...]
22              add (append) metadata
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24     -d meta[,meta,...]
25              delete metadata
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27     -s meta=value[,meta=value,...]
28              set (replace) metadata
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30     meta     for a list of valid named meta keys try mobimeta {-a | -d | -s}
31              ?.  If meta is an integer it will be treated as a numeric EXTH
32              record key (expert usage).
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34     value    new value that will be set for a given meta key
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36     -p pid   set pid for decryption
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38     -P serial
39              set device serial number for decryption
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41     -v       show version and exit
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EXAMPLES

44     The following command will set new title, new author and will delete all
45     publisher metadata (if any).
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47           mobimeta  -s  title="My  title",author="My name" -d publisher exam‐
48           ple.mobi
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50     The following command appends EXTH record identified by its numeric key
51     204 with numeric value 201.
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53           mobimeta -a 204=201 example.mobi
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55     The following command will list valid meta named keys.
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57           mobimeta -a ?
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RETURN VALUES

60     The mobimeta utility returns 0 on success, 1 on error.
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COPYRIGHT

63     Copyright (C) 2014-2016 Bartek Fabiszewski.
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65     Released under LGPL version 3 or any later (same as libmobi).
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WEB SITE

68     Visit http://www.fabiszewski.net for details.
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DIAGNOSTICS

71     For diagnostics libmobi must be configured with [--enable-debug] option.
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