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CalRCH · 03-27-2023, 06:39 AM

I have a bundle of books which I wish to add to my library. I understand the Add function can be configured by suitable regular expressions, but my attempts do not seem to work.

My books are largely stored in directories/folders ...

author/title.xyz
author/author - title.xyz
author/title - author.xyx
author/title by author.xyz
author/series/title.xyz

and so on.

The Add configuration section allows entry of a set of regular expressions.

Am I correct in assuming they are tried in succession? What happens if none are satisfied?

How do I delete the expressions which are unsatisfactory?

Can anyone refer me to a suitable set of such expressions?

I've got some 6000 files to take on, so you can appreciate I want to automate the process.
( Will I have to write some Perl to get everything into shape? )

03-27-2023, 06:39 AM	#1
CalRCH Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2019 Device: None	Adding books: metadata from filenames I have a bundle of books which I wish to add to my library. I understand the Add function can be configured by suitable regular expressions, but my attempts do not seem to work. My books are largely stored in directories/folders ... author/title.xyz author/author - title.xyz author/title - author.xyx author/title by author.xyz author/series/title.xyz and so on. The Add configuration section allows entry of a set of regular expressions. Am I correct in assuming they are tried in succession? What happens if none are satisfied? How do I delete the expressions which are unsatisfactory? Can anyone refer me to a suitable set of such expressions? I've got some 6000 files to take on, so you can appreciate I want to automate the process. ( Will I have to write some Perl to get everything into shape? )