Dislaimer: This was a scrappy script I put together mostly for a one-off task for a friend with a massive collection of unsorted ebooks. Use at your own risk.
A Rust command-line tool to sort and organize ebook files into a structured directory based on their embedded metadata.
You can see the available options by running:
cargo run -- --helpAt the time of writing, this should output something like:
A program to organize your ebooks by extracting metadata from them
Usage: ebook-sorter [OPTIONS]
Options:
-d, --dry-run Whether to run the program in dry run mode. In dry run mode, the program will not perform any file operations, but will still print what it would do
-r, --root <ROOT> The root directory where the program will search for ebooks. If not provided, the program will search for ebooks in the current directory
-o, --output <OUTPUT> The directory where the program will store the ebooks. If not provided, the program will store the ebooks in root, if provided, or the current directory
-s, --strategy <STRATEGY> The strategy to use when organizing the ebooks. If not provided, the program will move the ebooks [default: move] [possible values: copy, move]
-h, --help Print help
-V, --version Print versionThe tool supports two strategies for placing sorted ebooks:
- Move: Moves the ebook files to the sorted directory, removing them from their original location.
- Copy: Copies the ebook files to the sorted directory, leaving the original files intact
To test the sorting without making any changes to your files, you can use the --dry-run flag. This will simulate the sorting process and display what would happen without actually moving or copying any files.
If you have a really large collection of books, it might be useful to run a dry run first and output the stdout to a file for easier review. Something like this:
cargo run -- --root '/path/to/your/unsorted/ebooks' --output '/path/to/your/sorted/ebooks' --strategy 'copy' --dry-run > output.txt