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CLI tool to convert txt file to ebook format

Project description

txt2ebook

Console tool to convert txt file to different ebook format.

Installation

Stable version From PyPI:

python3 -m pip install txt2ebook

Latest development version from GitHub:

python3 -m pip install -e git+https://github.com/kianmeng/txt2ebook.git

Usage

Showing help message of command-line options:

txt2ebook --help
usage: text2ebook [-f {epub,txt}] [-t TITLE] [-l LANGUAGE] [-a AUTHOR]
                  [-c IMAGE_FILENAME] [-w WIDTH] [-ps SEPARATOR] [-rd REGEX]
                  [-rvc REGEX] [-rv REGEX] [-rc REGEX] [-rt REGEX] [-ra REGEX]
                  [-rl REGEX] [-rr REGEX REGEX] [-et TEMPLATE] [-vp] [-tp] [-hn]
                  [-fw] [-rw] [-ob] [-ow] [-v] [-d] [-h] [-V]
                  TXT_FILENAME [EBOOK_FILENAME]

txt2ebook/tte is a cli tool to convert txt file to ebook format.
  website: https://github.com/kianmeng/txt2ebook
  issues: https://github.com/kianmeng/txt2ebook/issues

positional arguments:
  TXT_FILENAME          source text filename
  EBOOK_FILENAME        converted ebook filename (default: 'TXT_FILENAME.{epub,txt}')

optional arguments:
  -f {epub,txt}         ebook format (default: '['epub', 'txt']')
  -t TITLE              title of the ebook (default: 'None')
  -l LANGUAGE           language of the ebook (default: 'None')
  -a AUTHOR             author of the ebook (default: '[]')
  -c IMAGE_FILENAME     cover of the ebook
  -w WIDTH              width for line wrapping
  -ps SEPARATOR         paragraph separator (default: '\n\n')
  -rd REGEX             regex to delete word or phrase (default: '[]')
  -rvc REGEX            regex to parse volume and chapter header (default: by LANGUAGE)
  -rv REGEX             regex to parse volume header (default: by LANGUAGE)
  -rc REGEX             regex to parse chapter header (default: by LANGUAGE)
  -rt REGEX             regex to parse title of the book (default: by LANGUAGE)
  -ra REGEX             regex to parse author of the book (default: by LANGUAGE)
  -rl REGEX             regex to delete whole line (default: '[]')
  -rr REGEX REGEX       regex to search and replace (default: '[]')
  -et TEMPLATE          CSS template for epub ebook (default: 'clean')
  -vp, --volume-page    generate each volume as separate page (only 'epub' format)
  -tp, --test-parsing   test parsing for volume/chapter header
  -hn, --header-number  convert section header from words to numbers (only zh-cn/zh-tw)
  -fw, --fullwidth      convert ASCII character from halfwidth to fullwidth (only zh-cn/zh-tw)
  -rw, --raise-on-warning
                        raise exception and stop parsing if there are warnings
  -ob, --overwrite-backup
                        overwrite massaged and backup original TXT_FILENAME
  -ow, --overwrite      overwrite massaged TXT_FILENAME
  -v, --verbose         show verbosity of debugging log, use -vv, -vvv for more details
  -d, --debug           show debugging log and stacktrace
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -V, --version         show program's version number and exit

Convert a txt file into epub:

txt2book ebook.txt

Copyright and License

Copyright (c) 2021,2022,2023 Kian-Meng Ang

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

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