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wishingstar · 06-11-2022, 12:40 AM

Thank you, I followed something similar to your suggestion, only I did the randomization in a python script outside of calibre before importing. Here's the script I used in case anyone is interested. Basically, the script adds a random prefix to each file name, and then I import them into the book editor, which will now be in the new order determined by the random prefix.

Code:

import os
import random

path = r"path\\to\\folder\\"  # note: using double slashes because windows
string_to_draw_from = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789"
for file in os.listdir(path):
    letters = ''.join(random.choices(string_to_draw_from, k=2)) + '_'  # 2 random letters as prefix
    os.rename(path+file, f"{path}{letters}{file}")

06-11-2022, 12:40 AM	#3
wishingstar Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 1032 Join Date: Nov 2016 Device: Kobo Aura Edition 2, Lenovo Android 10	Thank you, I followed something similar to your suggestion, only I did the randomization in a python script outside of calibre before importing. Here's the script I used in case anyone is interested. Basically, the script adds a random prefix to each file name, and then I import them into the book editor, which will now be in the new order determined by the random prefix. Code: import os import random path = r"path\\to\\folder\\" # note: using double slashes because windows string_to_draw_from = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789" for file in os.listdir(path): letters = ''.join(random.choices(string_to_draw_from, k=2)) + '_' # 2 random letters as prefix os.rename(path+file, f"{path}{letters}{file}")