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Old 03-01-2016, 06:12 AM   #6
Paltieldav
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Quadrivium View Post
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.

Thank you!
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