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GreywolfofKansas · 07-27-2025, 05:13 PM

I have been using Calibre for quite a while, and thought I was fairly proficient with it, but have been banging my head against a wall trying to figure out how I can take the first letter of a series name, and parse that into a directory path..

What I am attempting to do is, say the series name is Harry Potter, I want it to figure out the series starts with H, then when I run my save option, it references that identifier into the save path.. so it would be something along the lines of:

Save to
{Series_Starts_With_This}/{series} - {author}/{series} {series_index:0>2s} - {title} - {author}

Resulting in H/Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling/Harry Potter 01 - The Sorcerers Stone - J. K. Rowling

I use several additional custom columns which I have removed for the example, in an attempt to at least clear up what I want the output template to be like... As I said, I'm not sure if it can be done, was just something I have been running around in my head. Thanks.

07-27-2025, 05:13 PM	#1
GreywolfofKansas Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2019 Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab 2	Just wondering if it can be done... I have been using Calibre for quite a while, and thought I was fairly proficient with it, but have been banging my head against a wall trying to figure out how I can take the first letter of a series name, and parse that into a directory path.. What I am attempting to do is, say the series name is Harry Potter, I want it to figure out the series starts with H, then when I run my save option, it references that identifier into the save path.. so it would be something along the lines of: Save to {Series_Starts_With_This}/{series} - {author}/{series} {series_index:0>2s} - {title} - {author} Resulting in H/Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling/Harry Potter 01 - The Sorcerers Stone - J. K. Rowling I use several additional custom columns which I have removed for the example, in an attempt to at least clear up what I want the output template to be like... As I said, I'm not sure if it can be done, was just something I have been running around in my head. Thanks.