{Movie TitleFirstCharacter} behavior for numeric and special characters #5354

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opened 2026-02-19 22:56:06 -05:00 by deekerman · 0 comments

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Originally created by @cj0r on GitHub (Dec 29, 2020).

Currently the {Movie TitleFirstCharacter} token will pull the first character of a name and use that for tagging. However, if the first character is a number or special character, it will use that instead of the first actual letter.

For instance if you were attempting to organize your media into alphabetical folder names, {Movie TitleFirstCharacter}{Movie CleanTitle} as an example, an entry that has a number will be sorted into that number or special character's folder which can be a bit cumbersome to navigate:
1
--1BR
A
--About Schmidt
B
--Baby Driver
*
--*batteries not included
(
--(500) Days of Summer

Can the token be modified, or a new one created, so that numeric and special character titles be combined under a "#" tag or similar grouping instead?

AB#1011

Originally created by @cj0r on GitHub (Dec 29, 2020). Currently the {Movie TitleFirstCharacter} token will pull the first character of a name and use that for tagging. However, if the first character is a number or special character, it will use that instead of the first actual letter. For instance if you were attempting to organize your media into alphabetical folder names, {Movie TitleFirstCharacter}\{Movie CleanTitle} as an example, an entry that has a number will be sorted into that number or special character's folder which can be a bit cumbersome to navigate: 1 --1BR A --About Schmidt B --Baby Driver * --*batteries not included ( --(500) Days of Summer Can the token be modified, or a new one created, so that numeric and special character titles be combined under a "#" tag or similar grouping instead? [AB#1011](https://dev.azure.com/Servarr/7ab38f4e-5a57-4d70-84f4-94dd9bc5d6df/_workitems/edit/1011)