insert a word within the title?

Lauraq · 05-10-2021, 04:53 PM

Hi

Is there a way to put a word inside the title?
I have name like:

1967 poems new
1976 Old poems

I want have:

1967 - poems new
1976 - Old poems

Thanks

compurandom · 05-12-2021, 08:07 AM

Calibre lets you edit the titles in the database directly, either with the edit panel or by double clicking on the title.

If you have a lot of these, you can select all of them (or select one and then use bulk edit), and then use search and replace with search mode set to "regular expression". The regular expression that might work for you would be something like:

search for: ^(\d+)
replace with: \1 -

(Note: trailing spaces on the end of both of those.)

If you do something like this frequently, you can save it. I have a number of saved edits like this for doing things like recapitalizing titles or replacing underscores and dashes with spaces.

Lauraq · 05-13-2021, 10:35 AM

Perfect!, thanks

05-10-2021, 04:53 PM	#1
Lauraq Zealot Posts: 111 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2013 Device: not one	insert a word within the title? Hi Is there a way to put a word inside the title? I have name like: 1967 poems new 1976 Old poems I want have: 1967 - poems new 1976 - Old poems Thanks Last edited by Lauraq; 05-11-2021 at 07:28 AM.

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05-12-2021, 08:07 AM	#2
compurandom Wizard Posts: 1,012 Karma: 500000 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: Rocketbook, kobo aura h2o, kobo forma, kobo libra color	Calibre lets you edit the titles in the database directly, either with the edit panel or by double clicking on the title. If you have a lot of these, you can select all of them (or select one and then use bulk edit), and then use search and replace with search mode set to "regular expression". The regular expression that might work for you would be something like: search for: ^(\d+) replace with: \1 - (Note: trailing spaces on the end of both of those.) If you do something like this frequently, you can save it. I have a number of saved edits like this for doing things like recapitalizing titles or replacing underscores and dashes with spaces.

05-13-2021, 10:35 AM	#3
Lauraq Zealot Posts: 111 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2013 Device: not one	Perfect!, thanks

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