Import expression request

eirek · 05-16-2011, 06:07 PM

My files are named like this "1-The Diamond Throne - David Eddings"

I need calibre to import them as series number-title - author

Does anyone have an expression for this? I tried using expression generators and couldn't make it work

Thanks so much!!

theducks · 05-16-2011, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eirek

My files are named like this "1-The Diamond Throne - David Eddings"

I need calibre to import them as series number-title - author

Does anyone have an expression for this? I tried using expression generators and couldn't make it work

Thanks so much!!

I think the problem is the Missing Series NAME.
An index_number can't exist without a series_name

eirek · 05-16-2011, 06:12 PM

Can I just ignore the series number then and just import the title and author?

clonetom · 05-17-2011, 02:58 AM

I am adding files from another manager, which renames files to "title"-"author"-"index number"-"ISBN" (with "-" as delimiter).

(?P<title>.+)-(?P<author>[^_]+)-(?P<dummy>.+)-(?P<isbn>.+)

Since Calibre has no use for "index number", I just use a 'dummy' instead, so that I can add "title", "author" and "ISBN"... works fine for so far!

So in your case you could try:

(?P<dummy>.+)-(?P<title>.+)-(?P<author>[^_]+)

Good luck and please share if it works!

tom

Manichean · 05-17-2011, 03:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clonetom

(?P<title>.+)-(?P<author>[^_]+)-(?P<dummy>.+)-(?P<isbn>.+)

You don't need to use a "dummy" field, you can just not put things you don't want in fields. This should work equally well:

Code:

(?P<title>.+)-(?P<author>[^_]+)-\d+-(?P<isbn>.+)

05-16-2011, 06:07 PM	#1
eirek Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle 3	Import expression request My files are named like this "1-The Diamond Throne - David Eddings" I need calibre to import them as series number-title - author Does anyone have an expression for this? I tried using expression generators and couldn't make it work Thanks so much!!

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05-16-2011, 06:12 PM	#3
eirek Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle 3	Can I just ignore the series number then and just import the title and author?

05-17-2011, 02:58 AM	#4
clonetom Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: HP TM2	I am adding files from another manager, which renames files to "title"-"author"-"index number"-"ISBN" (with "-" as delimiter). (?P<title>.+)-(?P<author>[^_]+)-(?P<dummy>.+)-(?P<isbn>.+) Since Calibre has no use for "index number", I just use a 'dummy' instead, so that I can add "title", "author" and "ISBN"... works fine for so far! So in your case you could try: (?P<dummy>.+)-(?P<title>.+)-(?P<author>[^_]+) Good luck and please share if it works! tom

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