# Actions and batch-operations **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions-and-batch-operations/967 **Category:** FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) **Created:** [April 16, 2004, 7:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions-and-batch-operations/967 "2004-04-16T07:46:06Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 7
### Author: ![dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/dano/32/6_2.png) [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano) #### Post date: [April 16, 2004, 11:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions-and-batch-operations/967/7 "2004-04-16T11:28:23Z")
### How to add additional spaces around dash? In order to get better readability for a filename like "Artist - Title", you can add spaces so that it reads "Artist  -  Title" Create a [new action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions/967/2) in an existing action group, choose Replace as action type and enter (without the quotes): - **Field** : \_FILENAME - **Original** : " - " - **Replace with** : "  -  " You can activate the action group via Convert, ![Actions](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/318aa654f7a0c7c178d869991f6e8680b214cfc0.png "Actions") Actions and apply it to the selected files. Unintended duplication of spaces can occur, if you're executing this action several times. "x - x" becomes "x  -  x", and "x  -  x" becomes "x   -   x" etc. You can prevent this by adding a second action that makes "   " (3 spaces) to "  " (2 spaces). It is even more simple if your files are already properly tagged: you can use the converter ![Tag - Filename](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/922db76db5d45b2e558d10f3d8c25fb8bc04fd27.png "Tag - Filename") Tag - Filename with the format string **"%artist%  -  %title%"** and get the same result. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions-and-batch-operations/967)._