Gutenberg file renaming?

rdolmat · 01-02-2008, 09:39 AM

Hi folks!

Going to pick up my new PRS-505 this morning!! Who-hoo!

In preparation, I download a few thousand txt files from the Gutenberg FTP! (I know, I'm a little excited!).

But all the file names are something like a322oof.txt, and 9ssuj38.txt etc...

Is there a program that will index and rename all the text files to their real book names? Or a program that will read a first line of the text file and pull the title out?

thanks for helpin a newbie!

cheers
rich

JSWolf · 01-02-2008, 09:46 AM

Take a look in the ebook section here. There are LOTS of PG books formatted for the 500/505. You don't have to do the work on a lot of good books. Just download, load and enjoy.

There is no program to auto-rename your PG FTPed books. You'll have to do it manually.

rdolmat · 01-02-2008, 09:58 AM

Wow! Fast reply!

Thanks for your help. I'll browse around here for pre-formatted stuff!

cheers
rich

Sparrow · 01-02-2008, 10:04 AM

There is Guber (altho I haven't used it), might be worth trying:
"Guber, short for Gutenberg renamer, renames text files provided by the Gutenberg project into the format "Author, Title" by automatically extracting the relavent information from the text file. Guber can do single files or Batch processing of a directory"

http://programs4all.net/programs/Guber.htm

JSWolf · 01-02-2008, 10:11 AM

Seems I missed that one.

dhbailey · 01-04-2008, 08:09 AM

Oh, man, NOW I find out about that! What a bummer! I've renamed all the ones I was the least bit interested in already!

Fzzt · 01-05-2008, 04:28 AM

Great timing! I was just thinking of how I could batch extract the author, title from those totally generic filenames.

Lotsa karma for posting that link

dhbailey · 01-05-2008, 08:05 AM

The only problem is that I can't get it to work. It appears to be working but I get no results!

Sparrow · 01-05-2008, 08:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dhbailey

The only problem is that I can't get it to work. It appears to be working but I get no results!

I had a play with it on my WinXP PC.

Downloaded and extracted the Guber zip to a new folder.
Copied some GP texts to a separate folder.
Ran guber.bat - which brought up the GUI
Overwrote "Enter a path..." with the path to the folder with the GP texts
Clicked the Rename All Files button
and it ran ok, and output info to the Log window.

It's not 100% - the author claims 90% success.
I tried it with hundreds of texts and it encountered problems with some files (split Human Genome Project texts) that seemed to affect it's efficiency with other files.
If I just do a hundred or so at a time, it seems to work pretty well.

UPDATE
Just had another go and also got no action.
When I removed the first file and reran it, it then worked.
It looks like it can't cope with certain files

dhbailey · 01-06-2008, 08:26 AM

Just my luck to have randomly selected a file it couldn't work with!

01-02-2008, 09:39 AM	#1
rdolmat Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505	Gutenberg file renaming? Hi folks! Going to pick up my new PRS-505 this morning!! Who-hoo! In preparation, I download a few thousand txt files from the Gutenberg FTP! (I know, I'm a little excited!). But all the file names are something like a322oof.txt, and 9ssuj38.txt etc... Is there a program that will index and rename all the text files to their real book names? Or a program that will read a first line of the text file and pull the title out? thanks for helpin a newbie! cheers rich

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01-02-2008, 09:46 AM	#2
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,681 Karma: 145864619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Take a look in the ebook section here. There are LOTS of PG books formatted for the 500/505. You don't have to do the work on a lot of good books. Just download, load and enjoy. There is no program to auto-rename your PG FTPed books. You'll have to do it manually.

01-02-2008, 09:58 AM	#3
rdolmat Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505	Wow! Fast reply! Thanks for your help. I'll browse around here for pre-formatted stuff! cheers rich

01-02-2008, 10:04 AM	#4
Sparrow Wizard Posts: 4,395 Karma: 1358132 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: Palm TX, CyBook Gen3	There is Guber (altho I haven't used it), might be worth trying: "Guber, short for Gutenberg renamer, renames text files provided by the Gutenberg project into the format "Author, Title" by automatically extracting the relavent information from the text file. Guber can do single files or Batch processing of a directory" http://programs4all.net/programs/Guber.htm

01-02-2008, 10:11 AM	#5
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,681 Karma: 145864619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Seems I missed that one.

01-04-2008, 08:09 AM	#6
dhbailey Guru Posts: 604 Karma: 733 Join Date: Mar 2007 Device: HP iPAQ211 / PRS 500, 700 and 505	Oh, man, NOW I find out about that! What a bummer! I've renamed all the ones I was the least bit interested in already!

01-05-2008, 04:28 AM	#7
Fzzt Enthusiast Posts: 31 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2007 Device: Sony 500, Amazon Kindle	Great timing! I was just thinking of how I could batch extract the author, title from those totally generic filenames. Lotsa karma for posting that link

01-05-2008, 08:05 AM	#8
dhbailey Guru Posts: 604 Karma: 733 Join Date: Mar 2007 Device: HP iPAQ211 / PRS 500, 700 and 505	The only problem is that I can't get it to work. It appears to be working but I get no results!

01-06-2008, 08:26 AM	#10
dhbailey Guru Posts: 604 Karma: 733 Join Date: Mar 2007 Device: HP iPAQ211 / PRS 500, 700 and 505	Just my luck to have randomly selected a file it couldn't work with!

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