Square brackets in filename breaking Calibre Regex?

ccsrsj · 06-02-2012, 07:06 AM

I have a bunch of books with names such as:

Book Title [ISBN-0123456789].pdf

I've created a simple RegEx that should work

(?P<title>.+)\[ISBN-(?P<isbn>\d+)\].+

It works in various web Regex testers (such as http://gskinner.com/RegExr/)
but not in Calibre, any ideas why not?

kovidgoyal · 06-02-2012, 07:26 AM

remove the .+ at the end. The regex matches the filename *without* the extension.

ccsrsj · 06-02-2012, 07:38 AM

Doh, simple as that

thanks very much!

06-02-2012, 07:06 AM	#1
ccsrsj Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2012 Device: yes	Square brackets in filename breaking Calibre Regex? I have a bunch of books with names such as: Book Title [ISBN-0123456789].pdf I've created a simple RegEx that should work (?P<title>.+)\[ISBN-(?P<isbn>\d+)\].+ It works in various web Regex testers (such as http://gskinner.com/RegExr/) but not in Calibre, any ideas why not?

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06-02-2012, 07:26 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	remove the .+ at the end. The regex matches the filename without the extension.

06-02-2012, 07:38 AM	#3
ccsrsj Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2012 Device: yes	Doh, simple as that thanks very much!

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