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Unzipping & Zipping ePub from Command Line
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| // To unzip the epub, move the ePub to a folder, cd to it then simply: | |
| unzip MyEbook.epub | |
| // To zip up an epub: | |
| 1. zip -X MyNewEbook.epub mimetype | |
| 2. zip -rg MyNewEbook.epub META-INF -x \*.DS_Store | |
| 3. zip -rg MyNewEbook.epub OEBPS -x \*.DS_Store | |
| Some explanations necessary here. We start each line with two flags: | |
| -r (recursive) | |
| This means move down through any directories/folders recursively, ensuring that everything in the folders specified gets included | |
| -g (grow file) | |
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This worked for me (extra backslash after the -x):
zip -rX "../myprecious.epub" mimetype $(ls|xargs echo|sed 's/mimetype//g') -x \*.DS_Store