ebook - create and manipulate e-books from the command line
ebook COMMAND arg1 arg2 --opt1 --opt2
See also "EXAMPLES".
adddoc
Adds a documents to both the book manifest and spine.
--opffile
--opf
The OPF file to modify. If not specified one will be searched for in the current directory.
--identifier
--id
The ID attribute to use for the added manifest item. This is required, and ebook will abort if it is not specified.
--mimetype
--mtype
The mime type string to use for the added manifest item. If not specified, it will be autodetected via File::Mimeinfo::Magic. This may not result in an optimal string.
ebook adddoc --opf mybook.opf --id 'text-ch1' chapter1.html
additem
Add an item to the book manifest, but not the spine.
Note that the "fix" command will automatically insert manifest items for any local files referenced by existing manifest items.
ebook additem --opf mybook.opf --id 'illus-ch1' chapter1-illus.jpg
blank
Create a blank e-book structure.
--opffile filename.opf
--opf filename.opf
Use the specified OPF file. This can also be specified as the first non-option argument, which will override this option if it exists. If no file is specified, the program will abort with an error. =item --author "Author Name"
--author
The author of the book. If not specified, defaults to "Unknown Author".
--title
The title of the book. If not specified, defaults to "Unknown Title".
--dir directory
-d directory
Output the OPF file in this directory, creating it if necessary.
ebook blank newfile.opf --author "Me Myself" --title "New File" ebook blank --opffile newfile.opf --author "Me Myself" --title "New File"
Both of those commands have the same effect.
config
Make changes to the EBook::Tools configuration file.
The configuration file itself is located as either $ENV{HOME}/.ebooktools/config.ini or as $ENV{USERPROFILE}\Application Data\EBook-Tools, depending on platform and which directory is found first. See "userconfigdir()" in EBook::Tools for details.
$ENV{HOME}/.ebooktools/config.ini
$ENV{USERPROFILE}\Application Data\EBook-Tools
Configuration is always handled in the format of:
ebook config subcommand value
default
Replace any existing configuration file with a default template. This creates the file if it does not exist. This should be done once before any other configuration manipulation is done, unless a configuration file has been manually created ahead of time.
debug
Sets the default debugging level when no verbosity is specified. Note that verbosity can only be increased, not decreased, with the -v option.
-v
tidysafety
Sets the default safety level when tidy is used. Valid values are from 0-4. See "unpack" for details on what each value means.
mobipids
A comma-separated list of Mobipocket PIDs to try to use to decrypt e-books. This value is only used if the appropriate plug-in modules or helper applications are available, as DRM is not supported natively by EBook::Tools. Note that if the PID includes a $ character, the entire PID string has to be enclosed in single quotes.
ebook config default ebook config debug 2 ebook config mobipids '1234567890,2345678$90'
downconvert
dc
If the appropriate helpers or plugins are available, write a copy of the input file with the DRM restrictions removed.
NOTE: no actual DRM-removal code is present in this package. This is just presents a unified interface to other programs that have that capability.
infile
The first non-option argument is taken to be the input file. If not specified, the program exits with an error.
outfile
The second non-option argument is taken to be the output file. If not specified, the program will use a name based on the input file, appending '-nodrm' to the basename and keeping the extension. In the special case of Mobipocket files ending in '-sm', the '-sm' portion of the basename is simply removed, and nothing else is appended.
key
The third non-option argument is taken to be either the decryption key/PID, or in the case of Microsoft Reader (.lit) files, the keys.txt file containing the decryption keys.
keys.txt
If not specified, this will be looked up from the configuration file. Convertlit keyfiles will be looked for in standard locations. If no key is found, the command aborts and exits with an error.
ebook downconvert NewBook.lit NewBook-readable.lit mykeys.txt ebook dc MyBook-sm.prc
fix
Find and fix problems with an e-book, including enforcing a standard specification and ensuring that all linked objects are present in the manifest.
Use the specified OPF file. This can also be specified as the first non-option argument, which will override this option if it exists. If no file is specified, one will be searched for.
--oeb12
Force the OPF to conform to the OEB 1.2 standard. This is the default.
--opf20
Force the OPF to conform to the OPF 2.0 standard. If both this and --oeb12 are specified, the program will abort with an error.
--mobi
Correct Mobipocket-specific elements, creating an output element to force UTF-8 output if one does not yet exist.
Save the fixed output into the specified directory. The default is to write all output in the current working directory. Note that this only affects the output, and not where the OPF file is found.
genepub
Generate a .epub book from existing OPF data.
--input filename.opf
--i filename.opf
--output bookname.epub
-o bookname.epub
Use the specified name for the final output file. If not specified, the bok will have the same filename as the OPF file, with the extension changed to .epub.
.epub
Output the final .epub book into the specified directory. The default is to use the current working directory.
ebook genepub mybook.opf -f my_special_book.epub -d ../epubbooks
or in the simplest case:
ebook genepub
genimp
Generate a eBookwise .imp book from a .RES directory
--input DIRNAME.RES
-i DIRNAME.RES
Specifies the resource directory to use for input. A valid resource directory will contain at least a RSRC.INF file, a DATA.FRK file, and several other files with four-capital-letter filenames.
RSRC.INF
DATA.FRK
This can also be specified as the first non-option argument, which will override this option if it exists. If not specified, the current directory will be used.
Use the specified name for the final output file. If not specified, the book will have the same filename as the input, with the extension changed to .imp.
.imp
ebook genimp MyUnpackedBook.RES MyBook.imp ebook genimp --resdir ../MyUnpackedBook.RES -f imp/MyBook.imp
genmobi
Generate a Mobipocket .mobi/.prc book from OPF, HTML, or ePub input.
--input filename
--i filename
Use the specified file for input. Valid formats are OPF, HTML, and ePub. This can also be specified as the first non-option argument, which will override this option if it exists. If no file is specified, an OPF file in the current directory will be searched for.
--output bookname.prc
-o bookname.prc
Use the specified name for the final output file. If not specified, the book will have the same filename as the input file, with the extension changed to .mobi (this file is always created by mobigen, specifying a different filename only causes it to be renamed afterwards).
.mobi
mobigen
This can also be specified as the second non-option argument, which will override this option if it exists.
Output the final book into the specified directory. The default is to use the current working directory, which is where mobigen will always place it initially; if specified this only forces the file to be moved after generation.
--compression x
-c x
Use the specified compression level x, where 0 is no compression, 1 is PalmDoc compression, and 2 is HUFF/CDIC compression. If not specified, defaults to 1 (PalmDoc compression).
x
ebook genmobi mybook.opf -o my_special_book.prc -d ../mobibooks ebook genmobi mybook.html mybook.prc -c2
ebook genmobi
impmeta
Set specific metadata values in an ETI .imp file.
--input filename.imp
-i filename.imp
Specify the input filename. This can also be specified as the first argument, in which case the -i option will be ignored.
--output modified.imp
-o modified.imp
Specify the output filename. If not specified, the input file will be overwritten.
Specify the identifier metadata.
--category
--cat
Specify the category metadata.
--subcategory
--subcat
Specify the subcategory metadata.
Specify the title metadata.
--lastname
Specify the author last name metadata.
--middlename
Specify the author middle name metadata.
--firstname
Specify the author first name metadata. Note that IMP files commonly place the full name in this component, and leave the middlename and lastname entries blank.
ebook impmeta mybook.imp --title 'Fixed Title' --lastname 'John Q. Brandy' ebook impmeta -i mybook.imp -o fixed.imp --title 'Fixed Title'
setmeta
Set specific metadata values on an OPF file, creating a new entry only if none exists.
Both the element to set and the value are specified as additional arguments, not as options.
The elements that can be set are currently 'author', 'title', 'publisher', and 'rights'.
--opffile =item * --opf
Specifies the OPF file to modify. If not specified, the script will attempt to find one in the current directory.
--fileas
Specifies the 'file-as' attribute when setting an author. Has no effect on other elements.
Specifies the ID to assign to the element.
ebook setmeta title 'My Great Title' ebook --opf newfile.opf setmeta author 'John Smith' --fileas 'Smith, John' --id mainauthor
splitmeta
Split the <metadata>...</metadata> block out of a pseudo-HTML file that contains one.
splitpre
Split <pre>...</pre> blocks out of an existing HTML file, wrapping each one found into a separate HTML file.
The first non-option argument is taken to be the input file. The second non-option argument is taken to be the basename of the output files.
stripscript
Strips <script>...</script> blocks out of a HTML file.
The first non-option argument is taken to be the input file. The second non-option argument is taken to be the output file. If the latter is not specified, the input file will be overwritten.
--noscript
Strips <noscript>...</noscript> blocks as well.
tidyxhtml
Run tidy on a HTML file to enforce valid XHTML output (required by the OPF 2.0 specification).
tidyxml
Run tidy an a XML file (for neatness).
unpack
Unpacks an ebook into its component parts, creating an OPF for them if necessary.
--input
-i
The filename of the ebook to unpack. This can also be specified as the first non-option argument, in which case it will override the option if it exists.
--dir
-d
The directory to unpack into, which will be created if it does not exist, defaulting to the filename with the extension removed. This can also be specified as the second non-option argument, in which case it will override the option if it exists.
--format
The unpacking routines should autodetect the type of book under normal conditions. If autodetection fails, a format can be forced here. See EBook::Tools::Unpack for a list of available formats.
--htmlconvert
Attempt to convert the extracted text to HTML. This is obviously only of value if the format doesn't use HTML normally.
--raw
This causes a lot of raw, unparsed, unmodified data to be dumped into the directory along with everything else. It's useful for debugging exactly what was in the file being unpacked, but not for much else.
Set the primary author of the unpacked e-book, overriding what is detected. Not all e-book formats contain author metadata, and if none is found and this is not specified the primary author will be set to 'Unknown Author'.
Set the title of the unpacked e-book, overriding what is detected. A title will always be detected in some form from the e-book, but the exact text can be overridden here.
The filename of the OPF metadata file that will be generated. If not specified, defaults to the title with a .opf extension.
--tidy
Run tidy on any HTML output files to convert them to valid XHTML. Be warned that this can occasionally change the formatting, as Tidy isn't very forgiving on certain common tricks (such as empty <pre> elements with style elements) that abuse the standard.
--tidycmd
The tidy executable name. This has to be a fully qualified pathname if tidy isn't on the path. Defaults to 'tidy'.
--tidysafety
The safety level to use when running tidy (default is 1). Potential values are:
$tidysafety < 1
No checks performed, no error files kept, works like a clean tidy -m
This setting is DANGEROUS!
$tidysafety == 1
Overwrites original file if there were no errors, but even if there were warnings. Keeps a log of errors, but not warnings.
$tidysafety == 2
Overwrites original file if there were no errors, but even if there were warnings. Keeps a log of both errors and warnings.
$tidysafety == 3
Overwrites original file only if there were no errors or warnings. Keeps a log of both errors and warnings.
$tidysafety
Never overwrites original file. Keeps a log of both errors and warnings.
ebook unpack mybook.pdb My_Book --author "By Me" ebook unpack -i mybook.pdb -d My_Book --author "By Me"
Both of the above commands do the same thing
ebook splitmeta book.html mybook.opf ebook tidyxhtml book.html ebook tidyxml mybook.opf ebook fix mybook.opf --oeb12 --mobi ebook genepub ebook blank newbook.opf --title "My Title" --author "My Name" ebook adddoc myfile.html ebook fix newbook.opf --opf20 -v ebook genepub ebook unpack mybook.pdb my_book cd my_book ebook addoc new_document.html ebook fix ebook genepub
Need to implement a one-pass conversion from one format to another. This will wait until more formats are supported by the underlying modules, however.
Documentation is incomplete
Not all configuration file options are actually used
Copyright 2008 Zed Pobre
Licensed to the public under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.
To install EBook::Tools, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm EBook::Tools
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install EBook::Tools
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.