FileBot CLI Command-line interface usage manual

About

FileBot can be called with a 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

Rename

filebot -rename path/to/episodes Rename given episodes or movies.

filebot -rename "One Piece" --db anidb Rename given episodes using AniDB episode info.

filebot -rename "Generation Kill" --format "{n} E{e} [{t}]" -non-strict Rename given episodes according to the given format. Enable comprehensive Episode/File matching.

filebot -rename "1x01.avi" --q "Dexter" --db thetvdb --lang de Rename a single episode forcing the series name. Use German language episode info.

filebot -rename "movie.avi" -q Avatar --db OpenSubtitles Rename a single movie looking up movie info via file hash or using the given movie title.

Fetch Subtitles

filebot -get-missing-subtitles path/to/episodes Fetch subtitles that are missing for the given files. Lookup matching subtitles via file hash only.

filebot -get-subtitles path/to/movie --q Avatar --lang zh --output srt --encoding utf8 Fetch subtitles and force output format. Lookup subtitles via file hash or given search query.

File Verification

filebot -check path/to/files Compute SFV file and automatically determine output file.

filebot -check path/to/files --output checksum.md5 Compute checksums according to the given output file.

filebot -check path/to/checksum.md5 Check file integrity using the given checksum file.

Scripting

filebot -list --db thetvdb --q Dexter --format "{s}x{e.pad(2)} {t}" Fetch episode list and print to console.

filebot -mediainfo path/to/files --format "{fn} {resolution} {vc} {af}" Read media info and print to console.

filebot -script "path/to/script.groovy" args... Execute a given Groovy script. Find the manual on scripting here.

Argument Reference source

Name	Description	Usage
-rename	rename episode/movie files	media folder or episode/movie file
--db	episode/movie datasource	TV Series mode: TVRage, AniDB, TheTVDB Movie mode: OpenSubtitles, TheMovieDB
--format	naming scheme	movie or episode format expression
-get-subtitles	fetch subtitles	media folder or episode/movie file
-get-missing-subtitles	fetch missing 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
-non-strict	use advanced matching	Rename mode: match multiple tv shows Subtitle mode: match subtitles by name
-check	create/check verification file	folder or sfv file
--output	output format and/or path	Checksum mode: sfv, md5, sha1 or filename Subtitle mode: srt (re-encode subtitles)
--encoding	output charset	UTF-8, windows-1252, GB18030, etc
-list	print episode list
-mediainfo	print media info
-script	execute script
--log	log level	all, config, info, warning
-clear	clear cache and preferences
-no-analytics	disable analytics
-help	print help message