# Add Space After Certain Word

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-space-after-certain-word/16450>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [December 28, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-space-after-certain-word/16450 "2014-12-28T01:26:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![fcastro](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/b3f665/32.png) [@fcastro](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fcastro)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-space-after-certain-word/16450/1 "2014-12-28T01:26:46Z")

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Hi everyone, I can't seem to make this work. I have a huge amount of songs that I want to add a space after "ft". I use ft to mean featuring.

So this is what I have "DJ Khaled - Hold You Down (Ftchris Brown)

I need to add a space after everytime ft is used:  
DJ Khaled - Hold You Down (ft Chris Brown)

not worried about capitalization i have other actions taking care of this.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 8:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-space-after-certain-word/16450/2 "2014-12-28T08:16:17Z")

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> [@fcastro](#):
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> ... I have "DJ Khaled - Hold You Down (Ftchris Brown)  
> I need to add a space after everytime ft is used:  
> DJ Khaled - Hold You Down (ft Chris Brown)

Set Filter: "%\_filename%" MATCHES "\bFt([^ .].+)"  
Action: Format value  
Field: \_FILENAME  
Formatstring: **$regexp(%\_filename%,'\bFt([^ .].+)','ft \u$1')**

DD.20141228.1016.CET

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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 8:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-space-after-certain-word/16450/3 "2014-12-28T08:21:14Z")

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> [@fcastro](#):
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> ... I want to add a space after "ft". I use ft to mean featuring.
> 
> So this is what I have "DJ Khaled - Hold You Down (Ftchris Brown)
> 
> I need to add a space after everytime ft is used:  
> ...

Try an action of the type "Replace" for whatever field that applies (looks a lot like the filename to me)  
Search string: (ft  
Replace string: (ft\_  
where you use a instead of the \_  
Perhaps you even extend the replace string by "ft. " as the "ft" is an abbreviation.

This replaces all "ft" preceeded by a bracket. If you have more of the ft-cases then either leave out the preceeding character or use a different one.

I am sure there are numerous occasions where the ft is part of a normal word. Like "Taylor Swift" or "gifted" and so on. So: caution.

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**Author:** ![fcastro](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/b3f665/32.png) [@fcastro](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fcastro)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-space-after-certain-word/16450/4 "2014-12-28T23:06:53Z")

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Good points! thanks guys!

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**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-space-after-certain-word/16450/5 "2026-02-09T12:25:26Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC