calibredb Command Examples

Manipulate an e-book database. Part of the Calibre e-book library. More information: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/generated/en/calibredb.html.

• List e-books in the library with additional information:

calibredb list

• Search for e-books displaying additional information:

calibredb list --search {{search_term}}

• Search for just ids of e-books:

calibredb search {{search_term}}

• Add one or more e-books to the library:

calibredb add {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}

• [r]ecursively add all e-books under a directory to the library:

calibredb add {{-r|--recurse}} {{path/to/directory}}

• Remove one or more e-books from the library. You need the e-book IDs (see above):

calibredb remove {{id1 id2 ...}}