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rolgiati · 07-13-2013, 12:33 PM

Search books on author:"," and Select all.
Then go to Edit Metadata in Bulk, Search and Replace, choose the Search Mode: Regular Expression, the Search Field: Author, then input Search For: for (.*),(.*) and Replace With: \2 \1

It will still need some cleaning-up for those few
Authors who had more than one comma in the field...

07-13-2013, 12:33 PM	#2
rolgiati Groupie Posts: 168 Karma: 31650 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Asuncion (Paraguay) Device: In the house, 3 K3 in use, 4 more in storage, and a K5 for testing	Solved ! Search books on author:"," and Select all. Then go to Edit Metadata in Bulk, Search and Replace, choose the Search Mode: Regular Expression, the Search Field: Author, then input Search For: for (.),(.) and Replace With: \2 \1 It will still need some cleaning-up for those few Authors who had more than one comma in the field...