From d0214d04abcfe865254758e002e06709cfe4b6b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tangent <rose@tangentfox.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:02:53 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add extract_ebook_texts.lua

---
 extract_ebook_texts.lua | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 extract_ebook_texts.lua

diff --git a/extract_ebook_texts.lua b/extract_ebook_texts.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1389ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extract_ebook_texts.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env luajit
+
+package.path = (arg[0]:match("@?(.*/)") or arg[0]:match("@?(.*\\)")) .. "lib" .. package.config:sub(1, 1) .. "?.lua;" .. package.path
+local utility = require "utility"
+
+utility.ls("raw_ebooks", function(file_name)
+  local _, name, extension = utility.split_path_components(file_name)
+  if extension then
+    name = name:sub(1, -(#extension + 2))
+  end
+  -- TODO this has to be configurable based on where the app is installed
+  os.execute("/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/ebook-convert " .. ("raw_ebooks/" .. file_name):enquote() .. " " .. ("extracted_texts/" .. name .. ".txt"):enquote())
+end)