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Old 02-11-2020, 12:13 PM   #13
Pachuqismo
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@ Nicolas F

Hi there,

This is an old thread so I hope somebody will pick this up. In the titles I've tried to replace '*:' with '* :' but I'm doing something wrong.

To ensure that I'm not adding a duplicate book to my collection, I use Everything to search in my files for the new title I consider adding. It's pretty much instant and doesn't require Calibre but titles which may have a colon attached to the main title, in Windows has to be represented by '*_' and will not show in the search results. Consequently, in Calibre I need to replace: 'title: subtitle' with 'title : subtitle'.

In latest Calibre I'm using the Edit meta information with Search and replace selecting: Search and Destination fields as title. Other parameters are Regular expression and the Mode as Replace field.

As per your instructions, the Search for I have as \>.+?\w\:\w and the Replace with as \1 :, however it doesn't work...

Any guidance as to what I'm doing wrong?

Cheers!

Last edited by Pachuqismo; 02-11-2020 at 12:15 PM. Reason: Clarification
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