calibredb(1) part of calibre

SYNOPSIS

calibredb command [options] [arguments]

DESCRIPTION

calibredb is the command line interface to the calibre books database.

command is one of:
  list
  add
  remove
  add_format
  remove_format
  show_metadata
  set_metadata
  export
  catalog
  saved_searches
  add_custom_column
  custom_columns
  remove_custom_column
  set_custom
  restore_database
  check_library
  list_categories

For help on an individual command: calibredb command --help

Whenever you pass arguments to calibredb that have spaces in them, enclose the arguments in quotation marks.

OPTIONS

--version
show program's version number and exit
-h, --help
show this help message and exit