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Quadrivium · 02-29-2016, 05:47 PM

Use Edit metadata in bulk
Select [I]Search and replace[/u] tab
Load search/replace: blank
Search field: title
Search for: a regex
Replace with: blank
Destination field: title

Use a regular expression (regex) to find the thing you want to replace
Given a titles of the form
(123) …
(6789)
The regex is
‘\(\d+\) ‘ [without the ‘s]
The regex: find left paren followed by 1 or more digits followed by right paren folloed by space.

02-29-2016, 05:47 PM	#3
Quadrivium Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2014 Device: Kindle Fire	Delete (123...) from title Use Edit metadata in bulk Select [I]Search and replace[/u] tab Load search/replace: blank Search field: title Search for: a regex Replace with: blank Destination field: title Use a regular expression (regex) to find the thing you want to replace Given a titles of the form (123) … (6789) The regex is ‘\(\d+\) ‘ [without the ‘s] The regex: find left paren followed by 1 or more digits followed by right paren folloed by space.