Update 'title sort' and 'author sort' through CLI

wladdy · 07-16-2015, 05:58 PM

I wrote a script in Unix to add empty books to Calibre and then populate their metadata based on what's listed in a separate text file. Now, while the books that I create using 'calibredb set_metadata' have proper 'title' and the 'authors' fields, their 'title sort' and 'author sort' are set to 'Unknown'.

My question:
is there a CLI way to automatically update 'title sort' and 'author sort' based on the existing 'title' and 'authors'?

Thanks in advance! W.

eschwartz · 07-16-2015, 06:12 PM

No, but you can set the _sort fields with the same command, just regex the words around (the leading A/An/The for title, the last word for author).
Bash does have semi-decent support for regular expressions.

07-16-2015, 05:58 PM	#1
wladdy Enthusiast Posts: 28 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: iPad / Kindle DX	Update 'title sort' and 'author sort' through CLI I wrote a script in Unix to add empty books to Calibre and then populate their metadata based on what's listed in a separate text file. Now, while the books that I create using 'calibredb set_metadata' have proper 'title' and the 'authors' fields, their 'title sort' and 'author sort' are set to 'Unknown'. My question: is there a CLI way to automatically update 'title sort' and 'author sort' based on the existing 'title' and 'authors'? Thanks in advance! W.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Author/Title sort	WS64	Development	2	11-05-2014 07:56 AM
Title and Author Sort	jgt1942	Library Management	5	05-26-2014 04:59 AM
Is there a quick way to update title-sort?	cager	Library Management	5	04-09-2014 07:06 AM
Sort by author then title	richardwarriner	Library Management	3	11-16-2011 02:00 PM
Author then title sort	Gary Young	Calibre	4	08-30-2010 11:03 PM

07-16-2015, 06:12 PM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	No, but you can set the _sort fields with the same command, just regex the words around (the leading A/An/The for title, the last word for author). Bash does have semi-decent support for regular expressions.

Advert