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statusneo · 06-11-2014, 06:30 AM

I have imported a collection of books that all have titles of the form

0192801619.Collection.Of.Interesting.Books.Title1
0192350040.Collection.Of.Interesting.Books.Title2
0199876894.Collection.Of.Interesting.Books.Title3
etc...

The number is different for every book but the number of digits in the number is the same. '.Collection.Of.Interesting.Books." appears in every title. The remainder of each title is different for each book, including different numbers of characters.

I would like to run a batch editing tool that will delete the first x characters of every title such that only the Title part is left. Can Calibre do this or is there another utility?

Thank you!

06-11-2014, 06:30 AM	#1
statusneo Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2014 Device: Kobo Aura HD	Can I remove the first x characters from titles in bulk? I have imported a collection of books that all have titles of the form 0192801619.Collection.Of.Interesting.Books.Title1 0192350040.Collection.Of.Interesting.Books.Title2 0199876894.Collection.Of.Interesting.Books.Title3 etc... The number is different for every book but the number of digits in the number is the same. '.Collection.Of.Interesting.Books." appears in every title. The remainder of each title is different for each book, including different numbers of characters. I would like to run a batch editing tool that will delete the first x characters of every title such that only the Title part is left. Can Calibre do this or is there another utility? Thank you!