ebook-meta

ebook-meta ebook_file [options]

Read/Write metadata from/to ebook files.

Supported formats for reading metadata: azw, azw1, cbr, cbz, chm, epub, fb2, html, imp, lit, lrf, lrx, mobi, odt, oebzip, opf, pdb, pdf, pml, pmlz, prc, rar, rb, rtf, tpz, txt, zip

Supported formats for writing metadata: azw, azw1, epub, lrf, mobi, pdb, pdf, prc, rtf, tpz

Different file types support different kinds of metadata. If you try to set some metadata on a file type that does not support it, the metadata will be silently ignored.

Whenever you pass arguments to ebook-meta that have spaces in them, enclose the arguments in quotation marks.

[options]

--author-sort

String to be used when sorting by author. If unspecified, and the author(s) are specified, it will be auto-generated from the author(s).

--authors, -a

Set the authors. Multiple authors should be separated by the & character. Author names should be in the order Firstname Lastname.

--book-producer, -k

Set the book producer.

--category

Set the book category.

--comments, -c

Set the ebook description.

--cover

Set the cover to the specified file.

--date, -d

Set the published date.

--from-opf

Read metadata from the specified OPF file and use it to set metadata in the ebook. Metadata specified on the command line will override metadata read from the OPF file

--get-cover

Get the cover from the ebook and save it at as the specified file.

--help, -h

show this help message and exit

--index, -i

Set the index of the book in this series.

--isbn

Set the ISBN of the book.

--language, -l

Set the language.

--lrf-bookid

Set the BookID in LRF files

--publisher, -p

Set the ebook publisher.

--rating, -r

Set the rating. Should be a number between 1 and 5.

--series, -s

Set the series this ebook belongs to.

--tags

Set the tags for the book. Should be a comma separated list.

--title, -t

Set the title.

--title-sort

The version of the title to be used for sorting. If unspecified, and the title is specified, it will be auto-generated from the title.

--to-opf

Specify the name of an OPF file. The metadata will be written to the OPF file.

--version

show program’s version number and exit