Search Authors only

Zifnab · 03-27-2011, 10:59 AM

Is there a way to do a search that will look only for Authors without a comma? I am changing my library so that authors and author_sort are LN, FN, but there are a number of entries that are still FN LN, and going through it manually is tedious to say the least. I would like to view only authors that do not have the comma so I can change them all with the search/replace function. I tried the search, and added , to the Any of these unwanted words field, but it looks in all metadata fields, and I want to search only authors
Thanks.

kiwidude · 03-27-2011, 11:18 AM

You could install my Quality Check plugin which has this as a menu option, if you use it fairly often. Behind the scenes, it just does this search:

not authors:,

kovidgoyal · 03-27-2011, 11:28 AM

not authors:,

Zifnab · 03-27-2011, 12:21 PM

Thank you very much ... this gives me more than I asked for and works like a charm!

03-27-2011, 10:59 AM	#1
Zifnab Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Aluratek	Search Authors only Is there a way to do a search that will look only for Authors without a comma? I am changing my library so that authors and author_sort are LN, FN, but there are a number of entries that are still FN LN, and going through it manually is tedious to say the least. I would like to view only authors that do not have the comma so I can change them all with the search/replace function. I tried the search, and added , to the Any of these unwanted words field, but it looks in all metadata fields, and I want to search only authors Thanks.

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03-27-2011, 11:18 AM	#2
kiwidude Calibre Plugins Developer Posts: 4,637 Karma: 2162064 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Oasis	You could install my Quality Check plugin which has this as a menu option, if you use it fairly often. Behind the scenes, it just does this search: not authors:,

03-27-2011, 11:28 AM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	not authors:,

03-27-2011, 12:21 PM	#4
Zifnab Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Aluratek	Thank you very much ... this gives me more than I asked for and works like a charm!

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