Bulk edit properties: Surround author values with "[[...]]"

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What I’m trying to do

Since the properties update I’m using “author” (name) as a list property in YAML.
That means I’ve got over hundred files that have a frontmatter that includes “author” and its value(s) in such configurations:

Mainly:

---
(...)
author: Somebody
(...)
---

Since it’s a list property, for completeness sake:

---
(...)
author:
- One Person
- Another Person
(...)
---

Since Obsidian supports [[internal links]] in its Properties implementation I would like to take advantage of that and make all the values from “author” internal links. To do this according to the official documentation (Properties - Obsidian Help) the values need to be surrounded by "[[ and ]]":

---
(...)
author: "[[Somebody]]"
(...)
---

---
(...)
author:
- "[[One Person]]"
- "[[Another Person]]"
(...)
---

How can I achieve this change for over hundred files in an efficient manner? :thinking:

Things I have tried

I quickly skimmed the Forum via the search functionality but couldn’t find anything.

I got sublime text which I use for other bulk editing operations, but I don’t know how to catch all the dynamic values for “author”.

Links I looked into:

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According to the Help Article bulk editing is not supported, but at the same time it says that you can use Python Script plugin for bulk editing.

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Just as an alternative, in case this ends up being a deep rabbit hole:

You can select text, and then run the command “Add internal link”, which you can bind to a hotkey. I have mine set to Ctrl-L

So while it might feel like bulk editing this would be the fastest solution, using a hotkey for that command, and manually fixing the files might end up not taking as long as you fear.

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Thanks for your answers.

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