Thread: Can I remove the first x characters from titles in bulk?
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Old 06-11-2014, 06:53 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by statusneo View Post
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?

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Look at Bulk Metadata Edit -> Search & Replace. In regex mode, it would probably be something like [0-9]*\.Collection.Of.Interesting.Books\.

Note that any changes you make there are irreversible, so backup your library...
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