EnigmaCurry/Calibre_remove_empty_books.sh

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Remove empty books from calibre (books that have no formats available)

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Calibre_remove_empty_books.sh

calibredb list -f title,author_sort,formats | grep ".*\[\]\W*$" | cut -d " " -f 1 | xargs -iXX calibredb remove XX

desk7 commented Mar 13, 2026

To find all empty books in the calibre gui, just search for pages:"=-1"

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