Thread: Request: copy author_sort in mutiple books
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Old 12-13-2013, 02:27 PM   #6
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You can use the Bulk Edit Metadata dialog to do this. In the Search and Replace Tab use the following entries:

Search Field: author_sort
Search Mode: Regular Expression
Search For: (.*)
Replace With: \1
Destination field: authors
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