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Shadewing · 04-02-2012, 03:29 AM

Hi all.

I got a fairly large ebook collection from an over seas friend of mine the other day, the problem is I can't figure out how to add them to calibre in bulk and get the metadata to add up right.

The books are all in txt format and come with names in of 3 formats:

Author - Title.txt
Author - Series - Title.txt
Author - Series - Series No. - Title.txt

The Author parts are in these formats, note A or B means initials

Last, First
Last, A B
Last, First B

I know about as much about regular expressions as most people know about the dark side of Europa so

please.

Regards,

Shadewing

edit: I can change the separators in bulk fairly easily if that helps, i.e.
Author $ Series # Series No. - Title.txt

04-02-2012, 03:29 AM	#1
Shadewing Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 114 Join Date: Apr 2012 Device: iPhone	Adding books, Regular expression help please Hi all. I got a fairly large ebook collection from an over seas friend of mine the other day, the problem is I can't figure out how to add them to calibre in bulk and get the metadata to add up right. The books are all in txt format and come with names in of 3 formats: Author - Title.txt Author - Series - Title.txt Author - Series - Series No. - Title.txt The Author parts are in these formats, note A or B means initials Last, First Last, A B Last, First B I know about as much about regular expressions as most people know about the dark side of Europa so please. Regards, Shadewing edit: I can change the separators in bulk fairly easily if that helps, i.e. Author $ Series # Series No. - Title.txt Last edited by Shadewing; 04-02-2012 at 03:34 AM.