[SNIPPET] Sort into A-Z folders

[rednoah]

Here's some formats that can help you sort movies or episodes into alphabetically sorted folders by the first letter.

Sort Movies and TV Shows into A-Z folders:

• TV Shows/F/Firefly/Season 1/Firefly - S01E01 - The Train Job
• Movies/S/Serenity (2005)/Serenity (2005)

e.g. The built-in {az} binding works for both Movie and Episode objects:

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{ az }/{ ~plex }

e.g. Custom Series Format:

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{ n =~ /^(?i)[a-z]/ ? n[0] : '#' }/{ plex.name }

e.g. Custom Movie Format:

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{ n =~ /^(?i)[a-z]/ ? n[0] : '#' }/{ plex.name }

[jchh]

I got this to work by myself before realising {az} existed, but... it files "Riddick (2013)" into /C/ (presumably because the 1st film was "The Chronicles of Riddick") so I am not sure if this is a bug or not. I would prefer to file it into /R/.

The second snippet works except movies starting with "A" or "The" etc (filing it into /A/ or /T/ respectfully).

The following worked for me:

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{n.replaceFirst(/(?i)(The |A |An |)(.).*/, /$2/)}

[jchh]

...although I'd like to put films starting with a number (eg: 28 days later) into the folder "A-Z". Any tips on how I could incorporate that into my snippet would be appreciated.

[edit]: that was a typo - I'd want to put in into a folder called 0-9

[rednoah]

e.g.

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{ n =~ /^\d/ ? 'A-Z' : n[0] }

[jchh]

that's fantastic - thanks.

how do I either/or that with my snippet?

[rednoah]

e.g.

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{ n =~ /^\d/ ? 'A-Z' : n.replaceFirst(/(?i)(The |A |An |)(.).*/, /$2/) }

[jchh]

Brilliant - thanks for your help!

[JALinker]

Is there a way to sort on names minus "The"?

IE Sorted or filed or renamed as "Big Lebowski, The" as opposed to "The Big..."

Lots of "The" movies in my collection I would rather sort differently...

[rednoah]

Is there a way to sort on names minus "The"?

[SNIPPET] Sort Name