# Collecting data from multiple selected files in one action

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/collecting-data-from-multiple-selected-files-in-one-action/65017
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [June 10, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/collecting-data-from-multiple-selected-files-in-one-action/65017 "2024-06-10T16:31:12Z")
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### Author: ![Doug\_Mackie](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/doug_mackie/32/279_2.png) [@Doug\_Mackie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Doug_Mackie)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/collecting-data-from-multiple-selected-files-in-one-action/65017/11 "2024-06-17T16:22:20Z")

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> [@7stones](#):
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> ... all collected data would go into all files - that's the whole point. Currently _ **Copy as Text** _ gathers data from each file and combines it, but you have to manually paste it into tags. The idea in this case would be an _action_ of the type "Copy as Text" which writes to tags _directly_, so you can use it in an action group.

On rereading, it occurs to me that this gives results similar to the Mp3tag context menu commands **Tag Copy (Ctrl+C)** followed by **Tag Paste (Ctrl+V)** into the target files.

From the documentation by Sebastian\_Mares:  
[How to Copy Whole Tags to Other Files?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-and-editing-of-metadata/965/4)

Although this operation cannot be included in an Mp3tag Action, it is by nature a batch operation and one Tag Copy / Tag Paste sequence can fill hundeds of target files. And it is very simple — No export loops are needed.

The only caveat is that the sort order of the target files must be the same as that of the source files.

@7stones, have you tried these commands?

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