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

4     mobitool — Utility for handling MOBI format ebook files.
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SYNOPSIS

7     mobitool [-cdeimrsuvx7] [-o dir] [-p pid] [-P serial] file
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DESCRIPTION

10     The program handles .prc, .mobi, .azw; .azw3, .azw4, some .pdb documents.
11     Written as a test case for libmobi library.
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13     Invoked without arguments prints document metadata and exits.
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15     A list of flags and their descriptions:
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17     -c       dump cover
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19     -d       dump rawml text record
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21     -e       convert mobi to epub
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23     -i       print detailed metadata
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25     -m       print records metadata
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27     -o dir   save output to dir folder
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29     -p pid   set pid for decryption
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31     -P serial
32              set device serial number for decryption
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34     -r       dump raw records
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36     -s       dump recreated source files
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38     -u       show rusage (diagnostics)
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40     -v       show version and exit
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42     -x       extract conversion source and log (if present)
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44     -7       parse KF7 part of hybrid file (by default KF8 part is parsed)
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EXAMPLES

47     The following command decompiles given mobi document. The output folder
48     will be created in /tmp.
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50           mobitool -s -o /tmp example.mobi
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52     The following command converts mobi document to epub format.
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54           mobitool -e example.mobi
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RETURN VALUES

57     The mobitool utility returns 0 on success, 1 on error.
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60     Copyright (C) 2014-2016 Bartek Fabiszewski.
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62     Released under LGPL version 3 or any later (same as libmobi).
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WEB SITE

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

68     For diagnostics libmobi must be configured with [--enable-debug] option.
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SEE ALSO

71     mobimeta(1)
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