About
FileBot can be called with set of command-line arguments directly from the console or in scripts for automation running tasks like renaming tv shows and movies, fetching subtitles or checking sfv files.
Examples
filebot -rename path/to/episodes
filebot -rename "One Piece" --db anidb
filebot -rename "Generation Kill" --format "{n} E{e} [{t}]" -non-strict
filebot -rename "1x01.avi" --q "Dexter" --db thetvdb --lang de
filebot -rename "movie.avi" --db OpenSubtitles
filebot -get-subtitles path/to/episodes
filebot -get-subtitles path/to/movie --q Avatar --lang zh --output srt --encoding utf8
filebot -check path/to/files
filebot -check path/to/files --output checksum.md5
filebot -check path/to/checksum.md5
Argument Reference source
| Name | Description | Value | ||
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| -rename | rename episode/movie files | media folder or episode/movie file | ||
| --db | episode/movie datasource |
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| --format | naming scheme | {n} - {'S'+s.pad(2)}E{e.pad(2)} - {t} |
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| -non-strict | use less strict matching | |||
| -get-subtitles | fetch subtitles | media folder or episode/movie file | ||
| --q | search query | tv series or movie title | ||
| --lang | 2-letter language code | en, de, fr, es, ja, zh, etc | ||
| -check | create/check verification | folder or sfv file | ||
| --output | output format and/or path |
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| --encoding | output charset | UTF-8, windows-1252, GB18030, etc | ||
| --log | log level | all, config, info, warning | ||
| -clear | clear cache and settings | |||
| -help | print help message |