# Case Conversion using filename filename **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [May 16, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-conversion-using-filename-filename/45451 "2019-05-16T23:25:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sy45yhtyj](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@sy45yhtyj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sy45yhtyj)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-conversion-using-filename-filename/45451/1 "2019-05-16T23:25:22Z")
I'm not able to turn "official" to "Official" please see my steps below. What can be wrong... Thanks 01 Convert 02 Filename - Filename 03 Old Filename Pattern = %1 - %2 - %3 - %4 04 New Filename Pattern = %1 - %2 $caps(- %3) $caps(- %4) 05 Old Filename 3A - 123 - COFFEE FT SOULSTAR - You Rock My World (Official Music Video)\_pn.mp3 06 New Filename 3A - 123 - Coffee Ft Soulstar - You Rock My World (Official Music Video)\_pn.mp3 ---
**Author:** ![sy45yhtyj](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@sy45yhtyj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sy45yhtyj)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 11:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-conversion-using-filename-filename/45451/2 "2019-05-16T23:27:18Z")
Sorry Official in old filename is lower case = official. Thanks ---
**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:** [May 17, 2019, 6:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-conversion-using-filename-filename/45451/3 "2019-05-17T06:10:51Z")
> [@sy45yhtyj](#): > > New Filename Pattern = %1 - %2 $caps(- %3) $caps(- %4) You would have to specify the characters that form the word boundaries, e.g. `$caps(-%3,' (') ---
**Author:** ![sy45yhtyj](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@sy45yhtyj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sy45yhtyj)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 10:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-conversion-using-filename-filename/45451/4 "2019-05-23T22:36:19Z")
Thanks.. By the way... is there a way to always have my hyphens look like the filename below? 2A - 147 - Blondie - Call Me\_pn I will always be using using three hyphens in the filename, but sometimes the hyphens in the filename may look like the bad three examples below: 2A- 147 - Blondie -Call Me\_pn 2A - 147 - Blondie - Call Me\_pn 2A -147 -Blondie- Call Me\_pn What I'm trying to do is always have the hyphens spaced like below: ``` 2A - 147 - Blondie - Call Me_pn ``` Characters/white space/hyphen/white space/characters/white space/hyphen/white space/characters/white space/hyphen/white space/characters Thank You ---
**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:** [May 24, 2019, 4:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-conversion-using-filename-filename/45451/5 "2019-05-24T04:55:14Z")
You could run 2 action of the type "Replace" for \_FILENAME Action 1: Search: - Replace:`_-_` (where \_ represents the space character) Action 2: Search: \_\_ Replace: \_ (as above) ---
**Author:** ![sy45yhtyj](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@sy45yhtyj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sy45yhtyj)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-conversion-using-filename-filename/45451/6 "2019-05-26T22:31:07Z")
Thanks Ohrenkino..., but if my Action is Replace, wouldn't the: Field: _FILENAME Original: - Replace with: -_ ??? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![sy45yhtyj](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@sy45yhtyj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sy45yhtyj)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 11:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-conversion-using-filename-filename/45451/7 "2019-05-26T23:06:19Z")
Using this works in reverse it adds a space on each side of the hyphen. I just need one space on each side of the hyphen... Any ideas? Thanks. Action type = replace with regular expressions Field = FIELDNAME Regular expression = ^(.+?)-(.+?)-(.+?)-(.+?) Replace matches with = $1 - $2 - $3 - $4 ---
**Author:** ![sy45yhtyj](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@sy45yhtyj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sy45yhtyj)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 11:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-conversion-using-filename-filename/45451/8 "2019-05-26T23:53:59Z")
Got it figured out... 01 Action type = replace with regular expressions 02 Field = FIELDNAME 03 Regular expression = \s{1,} 04 Replace matches with = " " (One space without the quotes) This will place one space on each side of the 3 hyphens... e.g. 2A - 111 - The Blackbyrds - Enter In\_pn Thanks... ---
**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:** [May 27, 2019, 6:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-conversion-using-filename-filename/45451/9 "2019-05-27T06:28:00Z")
sometimes I hate the forum formatter. You can see in [Case Conversion using filename filename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-conversion-using-filename-filename/45451/5) how it was meant to be. These 2 actions then work with any amount of hypens in a string. ---
**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, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-conversion-using-filename-filename/45451/10 "2026-02-09T12:28:05Z")