txt2ebook

A console tool to convert txt file to different ebook formats.

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: txt2ebook [-f {epub,gmi,md,pdf,txt}] [-t TITLE] [-l LANGUAGE]
                 [-a AUTHOR] [-tr TRANSLATOR] [-c IMAGE_FILENAME] [-w WIDTH]
                 [-ff FILENAME_FORMAT] [-ps SEPARATOR] [-pz PAGE_SIZE]
                 [-rd REGEX] [-rvc REGEX] [-rv REGEX] [-rc REGEX] [-rt REGEX]
                 [-ra REGEX] [-rl REGEX] [-rr REGEX REGEX]
                 [-et {clean,condense,noindent}] [-vp] [-tp] [-sp] [-toc]
                 [-hn] [-fw] [-rw] [-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')

optional arguments:
  -f {epub,gmi,md,pdf,txt}, --format {epub,gmi,md,pdf,txt}
      ebook format (default: 'epub')
  -t TITLE, --title TITLE
      title of the ebook (default: 'None')
  -l LANGUAGE, --language LANGUAGE
      language of the ebook (default: 'None')
  -a AUTHOR, --author AUTHOR
      author of the ebook (default: '[]')
  -tr TRANSLATOR, --translator TRANSLATOR
      translator of the ebook (default: '[]')
  -ff FILENAME_FORMAT, --filename-format FILENAME_FORMAT
      the output filename format (default: TXT_FILENAME [EBOOK_FILENAME])
      1 - title_authors.EBOOK_EXTENSION
      2 - authors_title.EBOOK_EXTENSION
  -ps SEPARATOR, --paragraph_separator SEPARATOR
      paragraph separator (default: '\n\n')
  -pz PAGE_SIZE, --page-size PAGE_SIZE
      page size of the ebook (default: 'None')
  -rd REGEX, --regex-delete REGEX
      regex to delete word or phrase (default: '[]')
  -rvc REGEX, --regex-volume-chapter REGEX
      regex to parse volume and chapter header (default: by LANGUAGE)
  -rv REGEX, --regex-volume REGEX
      regex to parse volume header (default: by LANGUAGE)
  -rc REGEX, --regex-chapter REGEX
      regex to parse chapter header (default: by LANGUAGE)
  -rt REGEX, --regex-title REGEX
      regex to parse title of the book (default: by LANGUAGE)
  -ra REGEX, --regex-author REGEX
      regex to parse author of the book (default: by LANGUAGE)
  -rl REGEX, --regex-delete-line REGEX
      regex to delete whole line (default: '[]')
  -rr REGEX REGEX, --regex-replace REGEX REGEX
      regex to search and replace (default: '[]')
  -tp, --test-parsing
      test parsing for volume/chapter header
  -rw, --raise-on-warning
      raise exception and stop parsing upon warning
  -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

--format epub:
  -c IMAGE_FILENAME, --cover IMAGE_FILENAME
      cover of the ebook
  -et {clean,condense,noindent}, --epub-template {clean,condense,noindent}
      CSS template for epub ebook (default: 'clean')
  -vp, --volume-page
      generate each volume as separate page

--format txt:
  -w WIDTH, --width WIDTH
      width for line wrapping
  -sp, --split-volume-and-chapter
      split volume or chapter into separate file and ignore the --overwrite option
  -toc, --table-of-content
      add table of content

--language zh-cn / --language zh-tw:
  -hn, --header-number
      convert section header from words to numbers
  -fw, --fullwidth
      convert ASCII character from halfwidth to fullwidth

Convert a txt file into epub:

txt2ebook 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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