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Asked: 2026-05-27T05:29:13+00:00

In brief, I need to do something like this: I have a folder with

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In brief, I need to do something like this:

  1. I have a folder with a lot of files and want to process all files with extension .epub.
  2. All files already follow a naming scheme: Lastname, Firstname – Title.epub or Lastname, Firstname – Series x – Title.epub and I need a parser for Lastname, Firstname, Series (if existing) and Title.
  3. I have a command-line tool that sets metadata: ebook-meta filename -a “Firstname Lastname” -t Title

There are many snipplets for 1.), however I am in need for input for 2.) and appreciate any help/pointers!

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can start with the following and change it to meet your needs. It compiles, although untested.

    set p to POSIX file "/Users/kaass/Desktop/test/"
tell application "Finder" to set filelist to name of every file of folder p

repeat with filename in filelist
    set text item delimiters to ""
    if text -5 thru -1 of filename is equal to ".epub" then
        set temp to items 1 thru -6 of filename as text

        set text item delimiters to " - "
        set myWord to text items 1 thru -1 of temp
        set title to myWord's last item as text

        if myWord's length is equal to 3 then set series to myWord's second item as text

        set myWord to item 1 of myWord as text
        if myWord contains "," then
            set text item delimiters to ", "
        else
            set text item delimiters to " "
        end if
        set author to (text item 2 of myWord) & space & (text item 1 of myWord)
        set path_and_filename to POSIX path of file p & filename
        do shell script "echo Processing file " & quoted form of path_and_filename & ": " & author & " +++ " & title
        do shell script "/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/ebook-meta " & quoted form of path_and_filename & " -a " & quoted form of author & " -t " & quoted form of title
    end if
end repeat

    Just comment if you need something to be changed.

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