Can I get Calibre to use my file name as a title?

[Sassyinkpen]

My question refers most specifically to files I save as "html only" from blogs and journals.

Most of what I read is stories posted online and often they are in parts, etc. I have developed a pretty solid method of naming the files as I save them so that parts of stories stay together and other series are identified. I also often put some initials in the file name to give me information on characters, etc.

When I uploaded a large batch of these files to Calibre, I see that it's gone into the files somewhere, or they have metadata I wasn't aware of, and taken the titles from within, rather than using my file name.

Is there a way to tell Calibre to use my file names as the title, rather than whatever mining it's doing for titles?

Alternatively - is there a way to add a column that has the file name rather than the title?

[eschwartz]

Preferences ==> Import/Export ==> Adding Books. Uncheck "Read metadata from file contents rather than file name".

You can configure the regex used for reading the metadata from the filename, on the bottom of the dialog.

[Sassyinkpen]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Preferences ==> Import/Export ==> Adding Books. Uncheck "Read metadata from file contents rather than file name".

You can configure the regex used for reading the metadata from the filename, on the bottom of the dialog.

Thank you!! I don't think I ever would have found that.

After a crash course in regex and some trial and error, I finally got it to do what I wanted it to do AND convert the htmls to epub while it was at it.

I certainly would not have known to learn how to edit the regex at the bottom without your help. You are greatly appreciated.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by Sassyinkpen

Thank you!! I don't think I ever would have found that.

After a crash course in regex and some trial and error, I finally got it to do what I wanted it to do AND convert the htmls to epub while it was at it.

I certainly would not have known to learn how to edit the regex at the bottom without your help. You are greatly appreciated.

Happy to help. Just passing on the love now that I have graduated.