[GUI Plugin] Find Duplicates - Page 74

maripopa · 02-13-2024, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by luciaisacat

In these cases, I just add a temporary tag to the resulting titles so that I could call it back when I wish to work on those entries. Too simple?
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I'll try it. thank you!

kiwidude · 03-16-2024, 11:28 PM

[Release Notes]
https://github.com/kiwidude68/calibr...icates-v1.10.9

kksdragons · 05-26-2024, 12:23 PM

I'm trying to cleanup my humungous library of almost 10,000 books. Duplicates were created when I moved Calibre from a Windows to iMac machine several years ago. It was more than I could deal with at the time but am now trying to fix my library. I have thousands of duplicates using binary and title/author matches. I removed duplicate formats using binary but still have the now empty books entry.

Is there a way to remove thousands of entries based on various criteria? Specifically, I'd like to be able to remove entries based on Empty or Original_epub formats, older date vs. newer date, etc. It's just way too many matches to do each duplicate group at a time!

I have the updated plugin running on Calibre 6.29 (most recent version for my aging Mac).

Thanks!

luciaisacat · 05-26-2024, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kksdragons

I'm trying to cleanup my humungous library of almost 10,000 books. Duplicates were created when I moved Calibre from a Windows to iMac machine several years ago. It was more than I could deal with at the time but am now trying to fix my library. I have thousands of duplicates using binary and title/author matches. I removed duplicate formats using binary but still have the now empty books entry.

Is there a way to remove thousands of entries based on various criteria? Specifically, I'd like to be able to remove entries based on Empty or Original_epub formats, older date vs. newer date, etc. It's just way too many matches to do each duplicate group at a time!

I have the updated plugin running on Calibre 6.29 (most recent version for my aging Mac).

Thanks!

I don't have an overall recipe for your needs, however empty formats could be groped just by searching "format:false". I hope it is useful.

theducks · 05-26-2024, 08:22 PM

and using the Tag Browser: Formats: Original_... to show those books, then use a delete selected format

kksdragons · 05-27-2024, 12:01 PM

Thank you both for your help! I now have a library of only 7.293 books! Sure showed how rusty I've become that I didn't even think of using regular expressions!

JSWolf · 06-04-2024, 05:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kksdragons

I'm trying to cleanup my humungous library of almost 10,000 books. Duplicates were created when I moved Calibre from a Windows to iMac machine several years ago. It was more than I could deal with at the time but am now trying to fix my library. I have thousands of duplicates using binary and title/author matches. I removed duplicate formats using binary but still have the now empty books entry.

Is there a way to remove thousands of entries based on various criteria? Specifically, I'd like to be able to remove entries based on Empty or Original_epub formats, older date vs. newer date, etc. It's just way too many matches to do each duplicate group at a time!

I have the updated plugin running on Calibre 6.29 (most recent version for my aging Mac).

Thanks!

You can do a binary compare, you can select the option to delete the duplicates automatically. That might help some. Then the next compare is a title/author and you will have to manually decide which one to keep.

JohnnyBook · 06-09-2024, 09:59 AM

Just recently used Find Duplicates again after not using it for a couple years. (found 17 binary compare duplicates)

I noticed as I was finishing that there were various colored push pin symbols in the first column. But I had already deleted the Dups so could not check if there was a pattern in IDing the duplicates.

Is there a specific reason for the different colors?

kiwidude · Yesterday, 05:20 PM

Not as far as this plugin is concerned, the colors have no useful meaning. It is a feature of calibre called temporary markers, it originally never had any sort of UI visibility at all. Then Kovid turned it into a user accessible feature with its own menu options to use and those drawing pins to see which rows are “marked” rather than something that only plugins made use of.

03-16-2024, 11:28 PM	#1097
kiwidude Calibre Plugins Developer Posts: 4,653 Karma: 2162064 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Oasis	Find Duplicates v1.10.9 [Release Notes] https://github.com/kiwidude68/calibr...icates-v1.10.9

05-26-2024, 12:23 PM	#1098
kksdragons Bibliophile Posts: 39 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Henderson, NV Device: Nook Glowlight, iPad	Remove duplicates? I'm trying to cleanup my humungous library of almost 10,000 books. Duplicates were created when I moved Calibre from a Windows to iMac machine several years ago. It was more than I could deal with at the time but am now trying to fix my library. I have thousands of duplicates using binary and title/author matches. I removed duplicate formats using binary but still have the now empty books entry. Is there a way to remove thousands of entries based on various criteria? Specifically, I'd like to be able to remove entries based on Empty or Original_epub formats, older date vs. newer date, etc. It's just way too many matches to do each duplicate group at a time! I have the updated plugin running on Calibre 6.29 (most recent version for my aging Mac). Thanks!

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JohnnyBook Groupie Posts: 175 Karma: 126824 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Out There Device: K3 W/3G (Fixed screen!) & Paperwhite Wifi	Just recently used Find Duplicates again after not using it for a couple years. (found 17 binary compare duplicates) I noticed as I was finishing that there were various colored push pin symbols in the first column. But I had already deleted the Dups so could not check if there was a pattern in IDing the duplicates. Is there a specific reason for the different colors?

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kiwidude Calibre Plugins Developer Posts: 4,653 Karma: 2162064 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Oasis	Not as far as this plugin is concerned, the colors have no useful meaning. It is a feature of calibre called temporary markers, it originally never had any sort of UI visibility at all. Then Kovid turned it into a user accessible feature with its own menu options to use and those drawing pins to see which rows are “marked” rather than something that only plugins made use of.