I was going through the topic Title Edit by removing first few characters but i want to use it for the Artist. I want to remove the first 3-4 characters, and i tried every option from all the post, but it will not change. Any other suggestions? dont want to edit 800 entries

I use this $regexp(%artist%,^.*?\h,) was playing with the last letter, and h was putting it down correctly. changing the Artist field in the tag from 134. myname to myname

Could you give a real example? In general: if you want to treat ARTIST instead of TITLE, then set ARTIST in field which is named in this post: [image] Title Edit by removing first few characters Support Load the files. Select all the files that should be trea…

[image] pka4916: Any other suggestions? dont want to edit 800 entries First, you need to identify a pattern in the 3-4 characters that you want to remove. We can only help you, if you show us a screenshot of your ARTISTs. Together, we can try to define such a pattern.

I think i got it figured out. Using \h instead of \d at the end. changed the Artist entry in the tag.

For those interested: \h vs. \s in Regular Expressions \h matches any horizontal whitespace character, such as: Space ( ) Horizontal tab (\t) vs. \s matches any whitespace character, including: Space ( ) Horizontal tab (\t) Line feed (\n) Carriage return (\r) Vertical tab (\v) Form fee…

Artist Edit by removing first few characters

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ohrenkino November 5, 2025, 6:16am 2

Could you give a real example?
In general: if you want to treat ARTIST instead of TITLE, then set ARTIST in field which is named in this post: