EBOOK-EDIT(1)

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version 9.14.0 · 8 versions
, in arch rolling, nixos 26.05, ubuntu stonking

✨ EBOOK-EDIT(1) ✨

okay bestie, so this is the calibre ebook-edit page, and honestly? it's giving "tiny page, huge power". let's get into it 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

ebook-edit — literally just ebook-edit, bestie. that's the name. iykyk. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

ebook-edit [opts] [path_to_ebook] [name_of_file_inside_book ...]

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

So what does this thing actually do? It launches the calibre Edit book tool. 🎀 And plot twist: you can optionally also pass in the names of files inside the book, and those files will get opened for editing automatically. like, you walk in and the files are already open on the desk. main character energy fr fr ✨

⚠️ Also, whenever you pass arguments to ebook-edit that have spaces in them, you must enclose the arguments in quotation marks. For example: "/some path/with spaces". no cap, this one gets everybody, so don't be the person crying in the group chat over a path with a space in it 😭

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • --detach — Detach from the controlling terminal, if any. note that this is Linux only, so if you're on mac or windows this one's just gonna vibe elsewhere 🙈
  • --help, -h — show this help message and exit. classic. iconic. a legend. 👑
  • --select-text — The text to select in the book when it is opened for editing. like a little bookmark moment so you know exactly where to look. 🎯
  • --version — show program's version number and exit. obsessed with a tool that tells you who it is. ⭐

🫶 Author 🫶

Kovid Goyal 🧚

Kovid Goyal 💖

so yeah, that's the whole page — short, sweet, and absolutely slaying. this was calibre version 9.14.0, dated August 28, 2026. go edit some books bestie, you've got this 🦋✨👑

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