Renaming files

jay2thagd · 02-04-2021, 12:33 PM

Hi, I would like to rename all my Calibre output files to remove the author name that was added to the end of the epub after the bookname (author\book\bookname - author.epub). It is causing many of the book titles to be truncated. Can anyone help or do I have to go through all 639 of my books and do it manually?

Sirtel · 02-04-2021, 07:44 PM

Hello and welcome to MobileRead!

Please don't ask the same question more than once.

If you start to change the file names in your Calibre library manually, you'll destroy your library. Calibre needs the names as they are to work. So don't do it. Set up a template for saving to disk and then save the books to another location on your hard drive. The files in the library should not be touched, ever.

02-04-2021, 12:33 PM	#1
jay2thagd Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2021 Device: fbreader on ipad	Renaming files Hi, I would like to rename all my Calibre output files to remove the author name that was added to the end of the epub after the bookname (author\book\bookname - author.epub). It is causing many of the book titles to be truncated. Can anyone help or do I have to go through all 639 of my books and do it manually?

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02-04-2021, 07:44 PM	#2
Sirtel Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,356 Karma: 238915017 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2	Hello and welcome to MobileRead! Please don't ask the same question more than once. If you start to change the file names in your Calibre library manually, you'll destroy your library. Calibre needs the names as they are to work. So don't do it. Set up a template for saving to disk and then save the books to another location on your hard drive. The files in the library should not be touched, ever.

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