Thread: Can I remove the first x characters from titles in bulk?
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Old 06-11-2014, 11:20 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by mbovenka View Post
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...
The Bulk Edit Metadata field does have a test area but if you want to be absolutely sure before you make any changes OpenOffice/LibreOffice does allow you to use regex in the Find & Replace function so you can test it out there without affecting your library at all.
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