ml-initdb.py
------------
+Usage::
+
+ ml-initdb.py [-d]
+
+Options::
+
+ -d, --database database Open this database by pathname/db uri
+
Initialize database and import genres list. Isn’t really needed as
the next script does all that too.
Usage::
- ml-import.py [file.inpx ...]
+ ml-import.py [-d] [file.inpx ...]
+
+Options::
+
+ -d, --database database Open this database by pathname/db uri
Initialize database, import genres list and import a list of INPX files
listed in the command line. On subsequent runs doesn’t destroy DB or
Usage::
- ml-search.py [-i] [-I] [-t] [-s] [-f] [-d] [-c] ...
+ ml-search.py [-d] [-i] [-I] [-t] [-s] [-f] [-v] [-c] ...
Search through the database and display results. Currently can only
search authors by name.
Global options::
- -i, --ignore-case ignore case (default is to guess)
- -I, --case-sensitive don’t ignore case
- -t, --start search type: substring at the start
- (this is the default)
- -s, --substring search type: substring anywhere
- -f, --full search type: match the full string
- -d, --details Output more details about found objects;
- repeat for even more details
- -c, --count Output count of found objects
+ -d, --database database Open this database by pathname/db uri
+ -i, --ignore-case ignore case (default is to guess)
+ -I, --case-sensitive don’t ignore case
+ -t, --start search type: substring at the start
+ (this is the default)
+ -s, --substring search type: substring anywhere
+ -f, --full search type: match the full string
+ -c, --count Output count of found objects
+ -v, --verbose Output more details about found objects;
+ repeat for even more details
Options ``-i/-I`` cannot be used together as they are the opposite. In
case none of them are used the program guesses case-sensitivity by
Usage::
- ml-search.py [-i/-I] [-t/-s/-f] author [-s surname] [-n name] [-m misc-name] [--id id] [fullname]
+ ml-search.py author [-s surname] [-n name] [-m misc-name] [--id id] [fullname]
Search and print a list of authors by surname/name/misc name/full name.
Search and print a list of authors whose surname starts with "duck" and
name starts with "mack", case insensitive.
-With one option `-d` it also prints database id.
+With one option `-v` it also prints database id.
Book search
Usage::
- ml-search.py [-i/-I] [-t/-s/-f] books [-t title] [-s series] [-a archive] [-f file] [--id id] [--surname name] [--name name] [--misc-name name] [--fullname name] [--aid aid] [-e ext] [--eid eid] [--gname name] [--gtitle title] [--gid gid] [-l lang] [--lid lid]
+ ml-search.py books [-t title] [-s series] [-a archive] [-f file] [--id id] [--surname name] [--name name] [--misc-name name] [--fullname name] [--aid aid] [-e ext] [--eid eid] [--gname name] [--gtitle title] [--gid gid] [-l lang] [--lid lid]
Search and print a list of books by title, series, archive or file name.
--lid lid Search by language’s id
By default the program prints only titles of the found book. With one
-option `-d` it also prints database id, the list of authors and genres,
+option `-v` it also prints database id, the list of authors and genres,
and also series the book belongs to (if any) and the serial number of
-the book in the series. With two options `-d` (`-d -d` or simply `-dd`)
-it also prints the file date and language. With three `-d` it prints
+the book in the series. With two options `-v` (`-v -v` or simply `-vv`)
+it also prints the file date and language. With three `-v` it prints
archive name, file name, extension and size, and flag if the book is
marked to be deleted.
Usage::
- ml-search.py [-i/-I] [-t/-s/-f] ext [name] [--id id]
+ ml-search.py ext [name] [--id id]
Options::
Search and print a list of extensions by name.
-With one option `-d` it also prints database id.
+With one option `-v` it also prints database id.
Genres search
Usage::
- ml-search.py [-i/-I] [-t/-s/-f] genres [-n name] [-t title] [--id id]
+ ml-search.py genres [-n name] [-t title] [--id id]
Search and print a list of genres by name and title.
-t, --title title Search by title
--id id Search by database id
-With one option `-d` it also prints database id.
+With one option `-v` it also prints database id.
Language search
Usage::
- ml-search.py [-i/-I] [-t/-s/-f] lang [name] [--id id]
+ ml-search.py lang [name] [--id id]
Search and print a list of languages by name.
--id id Search by database id
-With one option `-d` it also prints database id.
+With one option `-v` it also prints database id.
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