Bug Concerning File/Tag Syntax with square brackets

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I’m using mp3Tag since many years and I can’t appreciate enough the work and engagement of the coders and providers.

Ok, lets come back to the topic.

Bug: When I takeover the file name from tag with following format string

%artist% - %title% [%year%]

the year in the file name is taken over but not in square brackets. It works with all other brackets { } ( ), but not with [ ]. Conversely, if I have written the year in [ ] in the file name already and take it over to the tag with the same format string, the year is copied to the tag correctly without any problems.

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It is no bug, it is a feature - see the documentation about special characters in format strings:

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There are already many topics on this subject. Please use the search function to find for example this or this or this and some more.

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Oh, now I’m ashamed. In future I will check the previous threads before posting another one!

Thanks for the help!!