Search & Replace - Regular expression

oldbwl · 01-08-2011, 11:33 AM

Hi Folks,
I have 181 books I want to change the title of each book by Prepending the tag {Series} to {title}

e.g. I start with

Original Title: This is the first book
which is book 1 of series 'Test' and end up with

New Title: Test [1] This is the first book

I have searched the forum and the Manual (for 'sub' and Prepend etc) but can't work out what I need.

Any suggestions - I started to do the changes by hand, but there is so many, and this is just the 1st set of many too.

chaley · 01-09-2011, 05:48 AM

You use search & replace, found in bulk metadata edit.

It can be done in one step by using S/R in regular expression mode. The trick is to use a template as the source field and prepend that to the title. See the attached screenshot for what to put, where.

oldbwl · 01-09-2011, 09:33 AM

That did the trick. Thanks.

I can't beleive how powerful this program is, and how little I know...........

01-08-2011, 11:33 AM	#1
oldbwl Zealot Posts: 122 Karma: 164 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Old Ynysybwl Device: Sony PRS-300	Search & Replace - Regular expression Hi Folks, I have 181 books I want to change the title of each book by Prepending the tag {Series} to {title} e.g. I start with Original Title: This is the first book which is book 1 of series 'Test' and end up with New Title: Test [1] This is the first book I have searched the forum and the Manual (for 'sub' and Prepend etc) but can't work out what I need. Any suggestions - I started to do the changes by hand, but there is so many, and this is just the 1st set of many too.

01-09-2011, 05:48 AM	#2
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,741 Karma: 6997045 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	You use search & replace, found in bulk metadata edit. It can be done in one step by using S/R in regular expression mode. The trick is to use a template as the source field and prepend that to the title. See the attached screenshot for what to put, where. Attached Thumbnails

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01-09-2011, 09:33 AM	#3
oldbwl Zealot Posts: 122 Karma: 164 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Old Ynysybwl Device: Sony PRS-300	That did the trick. Thanks. I can't beleive how powerful this program is, and how little I know...........

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