Regular expressions to normalize the metadata

vFbjgBDhV · 01-08-2021, 12:51 PM

Many books in my library have titles composed of the actual title and other strings added by the publisher.
For example:

"A Sunday in the Countryside (Hungarian Edition)"
"The Holy Bible (Hungarian Edition)"
"Revolution and anti-capitalist subversion (Hungarian Edition)"
"Chess and Tarot (Hungarian Edition)"

I would like to clear all titles by deleting the string "(Hungarian Edition)" in a single step.
It would be very easy if you could use a regular expression, for example:

Code:

search in titles: (.*?)\s*\(Hungarian Edition\)
replace: \1

Is it possible to use regular expressions to normalize the metadata of a group of books?

theducks · 01-08-2021, 01:02 PM

You can
Bulk mode Search and replace
Select multiple books:Tap 'E" (MDE): move to the S&R tab:

01-08-2021, 12:51 PM	#1
vFbjgBDhV Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2020 Device: none	Regular expressions to normalize the metadata Many books in my library have titles composed of the actual title and other strings added by the publisher. For example: "A Sunday in the Countryside (Hungarian Edition)" "The Holy Bible (Hungarian Edition)" "Revolution and anti-capitalist subversion (Hungarian Edition)" "Chess and Tarot (Hungarian Edition)" I would like to clear all titles by deleting the string "(Hungarian Edition)" in a single step. It would be very easy if you could use a regular expression, for example: Code: search in titles: (.?)\s\(Hungarian Edition\) replace: \1 Is it possible to use regular expressions to normalize the metadata of a group of books?

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01-08-2021, 01:02 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,047 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	You can Bulk mode Search and replace Select multiple books:Tap 'E" (MDE): move to the S&R tab:

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