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Old 05-02-2011, 12:09 AM   #4
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The file import won't do replacements for you, you need to have the files properly named first.

Use a batch renamer to change all the year/issue text from 1980 15 to 1980.15 (along with any other tweaks you like) before you do the import. Your publication date isn't in your filename, so I'm not sure how you expect Calibre to magically deduce that.

All the other special field conversions can be done with the built-in Search and Replace regex functions that are in the bulk edit metadata dialog. File import isn't really the place to try to orchestrate the level of manipulation you're looking at. Just do one series at a time and use the bulk metadata editor to get it the way you want.
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