Change from Title - Author.ext to Author - Title.ext

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I have been working to clean up some of my ebook files. Most are in the format:

Author - Title.ext

However, some are in the format:

Title - Author.ext

I'd like to create a quick rename script (that I can attach to a button on my toolbar) to swap the author and title portions of the filename. Any suggestions?

And to add a bit of complexity, sometimes the author is listed Firstname Lastname while other times it is Lastname, Firstname. Though I actually prefer the Lastname, Firstname schema, the vast majority of the books are Firstname Lastname. Thus, to be consistent, I usually make that change as well. Thus, a script (standalone would probably work better) that could take:

Lastname, Firstname - Title.ext

and change it to

Firstname Lastname - Title.ext

would also be very useful.

Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.

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Here are a couple advanced rename dialog presets you could create to do this.

I made these pretty quickly and haven't really tested them out to make sure they'll do exactly what you want, but it should give you a starting point.



3

Thanks, John. I'll try these RE and let you know if I have any problems. I appreciate the help (for some reason, I'm still having a hard time wrapping my brain around how to use RE).

4

OK. Silly question #1: How do I assign either of these renaming schemes to a button?

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And Silly question #2: On the first rename dialog (to switch from Last, First - Title to First Last - Title), the RE adds a space before the Firstname in the renamed file. How do I edit the RE to eliminate this extra space?

Thanks again for the help.

6

Go into customize mode, create a new button, then add the preset argument to it along with the name of the script preset you want to use. (See screen shot below).

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Oops, you're right. However the fix is easy to make. Simply insert a space right after the comma in the following line:

(.*),(.*) - (.*)\.(.*)

Screen shot follows.

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Awesome. That will save me a lot of time. Thanks.