# Can I search regular expression with searchbar from this forum?

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-search-regular-expression-with-searchbar-from-this-forum/69548
**Category:** Site Feedback
**Created:** [August 27, 2025, 12:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-search-regular-expression-with-searchbar-from-this-forum/69548 "2025-08-27T00:02:58Z")
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### Author: ![shyfx](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@shyfx](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/shyfx)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2025, 12:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-search-regular-expression-with-searchbar-from-this-forum/69548/1 "2025-08-27T00:02:58Z")

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Hi,

when try to look up a regular repression by using the search bar from this forum:  
`(.*) \s\(.*\)\s \(.*\)`

I don’t get any search results…

Normal with the example above I should be possible to get this page in search results not?

> [@RegExp required to remove bracketed text when there is two sets of brackets](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regexp-required-to-remove-bracketed-text-when-there-is-two-sets-of-brackets/59050):
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> Hi I've been using a RegExp expression in an action to remove bracketed text for many years. Regular expression: \(.\*\) Replace with: However, it removes all the bracketed text. I'd like a RegEx expression that will remove one set of bracketed text. e.g. ORIGINAL: Escape (The Pina Colada Song) (Original 1979 7inch Single Version) AFTER ACTION: Escape (The Pina Colada Song) I've been trying some code but I'm not experienced enough to get the right syntax. The code I've tried: Regular ex…

Is this not possible, or must I use some special character before or after the regex in search bar?

thnx again

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### Author: ![shyfx](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@shyfx](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/shyfx)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2025, 12:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-search-regular-expression-with-searchbar-from-this-forum/69548/2 "2025-08-27T00:18:28Z")

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this one gives me a lot of results : \b(?\<!')(\w)

When open one of the links provided , i can’t find \b(?\<!')(\w) when I use cntr-F

Also when I read topic, I can’t find \b(?\<!')(\w)

> [@How to check files for errors?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-check-files-for-errors/44633):
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> It’s required and often helps to reduce support cycles to check files for errors before filing a bug report. Symptoms of erroneous files are often missing or wrong bitrate or length audible blips or skips tags seem to be sticky and cannot be removed There are some really good tools to check the files for errors, namely MP3 Diags — identifies many different issues in MP3 files Website: [http://mp3diags.sourceforge.net](http://mp3diags.sourceforge.net) Download: [MP3 Diags - Getting MP3 Diags](http://mp3diags.sourceforge.net/010_getting_the_program.html#binWindows) If the font size in MP3 Diags is …

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### Author: ![poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/poster/32/4881_2.png) [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2025, 4:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-search-regular-expression-with-searchbar-from-this-forum/69548/3 "2025-08-27T04:57:27Z")

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The asterisk cannot be used as a search character. It is ignored during indexing, and therefore your search string will not return any results.