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Old 03-31-2025, 07:52 AM   #822
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Originally Posted by jktrigg View Post
OK, so apparently in version 8.x "{author_sort:.2}" is no longer recognized. The equivalent to the old "{author_sort:.1}" is apparently "{author_sort[0]}", but what can I use for the first TWO characters of a field?
{author_sort:.2} works fine for me with calibre 8.1.1 on Windows 11.
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What OS are you running? If Linux, are you running the official calibre binary or some distro-provided version?
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