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Tool to manipulate the your ebook database. Part of the Calibre ebook library.

# To list ebooks in the library with additional information:
calibredb list

# To search for ebooks displaying additional information:
calibredb list --search <search_term>

# To search for just ids of ebooks:
calibredb search <search_term>

# To add one or more ebooks to the library:
calibredb add <file1 file2 ...>

# To recursively add all ebooks under a directory to the library:
calibredb add -r <path/to/directory>

# To remove one or more ebooks from the library. You need ebook-ids (see above):
calibredb remove <id1 id2 ...>