---
name: "mobitool"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libmobi-tools"
version: "0.12+dfsg-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mobitool"
---

# mobitool(1)

Utility for handling MOBI format ebook files.

## NAME

**mobitool** – Utility for handling MOBI format ebook files.

## SYNOPSIS

**mobitool** \[**-cdehimrstuvx7**\] \[**-o** *dir*\] \[**-p** *pid*\] \[**-P** *serial*\] *file*

## DESCRIPTION

The program handles .prc, .mobi, .azw, .azw3, .azw4, some .pdb documents. It is powered by **libmobi** library.

Invoked without arguments prints document metadata and exits.

A list of flags and their descriptions:

- **-c**

  dump cover

- **-d**

  dump rawml text record

- **-e**

  convert mobi to epub

- **-h**

  show usage summary and exit

- **-i**

  print detailed metadata

- **-m**

  print records metadata

- **-o** *dir*

  save output to dir folder

- **-p** *pid*

  set pid for decryption

- **-P** *serial*

  set device serial number for decryption

- **-r**

  dump raw records

- **-s**

  dump recreated source files

- **-t**

  split hybrid file into two parts: mobi and azw3

- **-u**

  show rusage (diagnostics)

- **-v**

  show version and exit

- **-x**

  extract conversion source and log (if present)

- **-7**

  parse KF7 part of hybrid file (by default KF8 part is parsed)

## EXAMPLES

The following command decompiles given mobi document. The output folder will be created in /tmp.

```
% mobitool -s -o /tmp example.mobi
```

The following command converts mobi document to epub format.

```
% mobitool -e example.mobi
```

## RETURN VALUES

The **mobitool** utility returns 0 on success, 1 on error.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2014-2022 Bartek Fabiszewski.

Released under LGPL version 3 or any later (same as**libmobi** ).

## WEB SITE

Visit http://www.fabiszewski.net for details.

## DIAGNOSTICS

For diagnostics **libmobi** must be configured with **-****-enable-debug** option.

## SEE ALSO

[mobimeta(1)](/mobimeta/1.md) [mobidrm(1)](/mobidrm/1.md)