EBOOK-VIEWER(1)

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

💖 EBOOK-VIEWER(1) 💖

okay so this is ebook-viewer, from the calibre era of your life, and bestie, it does exactly what it says on the tin: it shows you your e-books. no cap. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

ebook-viewer — it's giving "open your books, girl." literally the whole job. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ebook-viewer [options] file

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

View an e-book. that's it, that's the vibe. 👑

One lil' thing though, and it's important, so listen up: whenever you pass arguments to ebook-viewer that have spaces in them, you gotta wrap those arguments in quotation marks. like, for real. for example:

"/some path/with spaces"

if you don't do that, the shell will just chop your path into little pieces and the vibes will be ruined. 🙈

⭐ OPTIONS ⭐

  • --continue — picks up right where you left off, aka continues reading the last opened book. reader main character energy. 📖
  • --detach — detaches from the controlling terminal, if there even is one. (Linux only!) do not come for me, non-Linux besties. 🐧
  • --force-reload — forces a reload of all the opened books. every single one. no survivors. 🔥
  • --full-screen, --fullscreen, -f — if you specify this, the E-book viewer window will try to open full screen when it starts. immersive era unlocked. 🖥️
  • --help, -h — show this help message and exit. classic, iconic, dependable. 💖
  • --new-instance — opens a new viewer window even when the option to use only a single viewer window is set. sometimes you just need a second window, and honestly? valid. ✨
  • --open-at — the position at which to open the specified book. okay this one's got LAYERS so let me break it down for you, bestie:

the position is a location or position you can get by using the Go to->Location action in the viewer controls. 🎯

alternately, you can use the form toc:something and it will open at the location of the first Table of Contents entry that contains the string "something".

the form toc-href:something will match the href (internal link destination) of toc nodes. the matching is EXACT. if you want to match a substring, use the form toc-href-contains:something.

the form ref:something will use Reference mode references.

the form search:something will search for something after opening the book.

the form regex:something will search for the regular expression something after opening the book. regex girlies rise. 🧚

  • --raise-window — if specified, the E-book viewer window will try to come to the front when started. it's not being rude, it just wants attention. 💜
  • --version — show program's version number and exit. 💀

👑 Author 👑

Kovid Goyal ✨

Kovid Goyal 🌈

okay and for the lil' fine-print girly at the bottom of the page — that's version 9.14.0, dated August 28, 2026. mwah. go read a book, bestie. 🫶🍓

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