Regex for removing headers and footers

Mamaijee · 05-26-2011, 11:53 AM

I use Calibre to convert PDF to RTF - I have sort of got the hang of removing headers and footers with regex. I go in and put in the actual header and footer in the regex (search and replace now). But what happens if I want to do bulk convert? Then how does this work? Is there a "generic" term in regex to remove headers footers in bulk convert?

Thank you

Mona

Manichean · 05-26-2011, 12:12 PM

Not really. You could have a look at the books and try to fit what you see into a generalized regex, but I doubt that will work very well. Your best bet would be to set each books' conversion options individually.

user_none · 05-26-2011, 12:32 PM

If the book are from the same sourxe and have a consistant format you should be fine doing single or bulk. For instance the free PDFs Tor put out a yearish ago all have consistant headers and footers and the same regex would work on all of them.

Im most cases there is enough variation per book that one regex won't work across multiple titles. In this case you will need to do the conversion on a per book basis.

Mamaijee · 05-26-2011, 01:19 PM

Thank u for both the replies.
Mona

05-26-2011, 11:53 AM	#1
Mamaijee Connoisseur Posts: 94 Karma: 110 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kindle Fire HD	Regex for removing headers and footers I use Calibre to convert PDF to RTF - I have sort of got the hang of removing headers and footers with regex. I go in and put in the actual header and footer in the regex (search and replace now). But what happens if I want to do bulk convert? Then how does this work? Is there a "generic" term in regex to remove headers footers in bulk convert? Thank you Mona

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05-26-2011, 12:12 PM	#2
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	Not really. You could have a look at the books and try to fit what you see into a generalized regex, but I doubt that will work very well. Your best bet would be to set each books' conversion options individually.

05-26-2011, 12:32 PM	#3
user_none Sigil & calibre developer Posts: 2,488 Karma: 1063785 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida, USA Device: Nook STR	If the book are from the same sourxe and have a consistant format you should be fine doing single or bulk. For instance the free PDFs Tor put out a yearish ago all have consistant headers and footers and the same regex would work on all of them. Im most cases there is enough variation per book that one regex won't work across multiple titles. In this case you will need to do the conversion on a per book basis.

05-26-2011, 01:19 PM	#4
Mamaijee Connoisseur Posts: 94 Karma: 110 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kindle Fire HD	Thank u for both the replies. Mona

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