I am trying to do this to different Tag Fields but will concentrate on the Comments Tags for now. I have many Thousands of Music Files like most people today with Digital and have long been adding/expanding/segmenting my Music by using Tags in various Tag Fields. My comments Tags 'mostly' contain …

[image] daz: An example of one of the things i want to do is add '80s' or 'Trumpet A problem that has been handled in the FAQs: [image] Actions and batch-operations FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) How to append the string " xyz" to the content of a tag field? Creat…

Thankyou for quick reply. I did have a quick look through the faq batch stuff but obviously looked without seeing. Thanks again i will dive into this later today :slight_smile:

In relation to what i asked and have been told the answer to above is it possible to do this 'in bulk' to a specific 'location' in a Tag field with specific data. So using my above example and keeping it to Comments Tags for simplicity if i wanted to add ~80s in bulk starting in the Third 'location…

It looks to me as though you want to replace [image] daz: ~Trumpet with [image] daz: ~80s ~Trumpet So I think it is a plain "Replace" action Search: ~Trumpet Replace with: ~80s ~Trumpet

Hey ohrenkino No its not a replace as such i am asking but really an 'add specified data to a specified spot/location/point where you could add data in said Field looking at it from Left to Right? So in this example its in between between data already there i want to keep. So my example i am usin…

What is the separator between the "spots"? Do the same strings always appear in the same spot? Is there already existing data so that one knows, oh yes, this has to be inserted into a specific position? Still, you would need a separate action of every string for every "spot". E.g. I could think …

What is the separator between the "spots"? Just simple spaces/blanks/absence of any character(not underscores ect) Is there already existing data so that one knows, oh yes, this has to be inserted into a specific position? Yes. I am thinking along the lines of wanted to add/or indeed remove speci…

[image] daz: What is the separator between the "spots"? Just simple spaces/blanks/absence of any character(not underscores ect) Ok, it looked like the ~ in the examples you gave. Nevermind. If you have only single words then perhaps a \w+ is a good placeholder. But to get a decent solution…

How to replace the string "xyz" in tag-fields or filenames? Create a new action in an existing action group and choose Replace as action type. Field specifies the parts of the tags/filename the replace rule should be applied to. Original is the string that is going to be changed in Field. Replace…

[image] daz: Backslash" in my examples below should be 2 Backslashes but i guess this forum does not want 2 backslashes You can post them like this: \\ enlcosed in the grave accent. [image] daz: remove a string from my Comments Tags but it does no work This is because the 3 backslashe…