# copy filename to title and artist
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-filename-to-title-and-artist/13890
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 17, 2012, 9:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-filename-to-title-and-artist/13890 "2012-09-17T09:21:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@wniesert](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/wniesert)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2012, 9:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-filename-to-title-and-artist/13890/1 "2012-09-17T09:21:37Z")
who can help me on the command needed to copy part of the filename to title and artist.
e.g. FILENAME = 01 - Come Together - Beatles to TITLE Come Together ARTIS Beatles
Many Thanks!
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2012, 9:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-filename-to-title-and-artist/13890/2 "2012-09-17T09:27:34Z")
use the converter Filename - Tag
Enter a mask with variables for the fields. Enter %dummy% for any piece of data you don't want.
For your example:
%dummy% - %title% - %artist%
of if you also want the leading number as track number:
%track% - %title% - %artist%
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### Author:  [@wniesert](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/wniesert)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2012, 11:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-filename-to-title-and-artist/13890/3 "2012-09-17T11:01:03Z")
Gee, that's fast and simple (when you once know it  Many thanks!
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### Author:  [@Bit\_Hacker](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Bit_Hacker)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2012, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-filename-to-title-and-artist/13890/4 "2012-11-25T12:27:11Z")
> [@Fazant1](#):
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> Gee, that's fast and simple (when you once know it  Many thanks!
but when I try to do this, I select a file and when I select that option, the ok button is greyed out / disabled.
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2012, 1:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-filename-to-title-and-artist/13890/5 "2012-11-25T13:07:23Z")
> [@Bit Hacker](#):
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> but when I try to do this, I select a file and when I select that option, the ok button is greyed out / disabled.
Hi today-joiner Bit Hacker.
Hm ... what did you learn about disabled buttons in dialogs?
What circumstances can cause a button to be greyed out?
...
Look at the given file name and look at the given format string.
Make a visual comparison of the format of both strings.
Does the format match?
DD.20121125.1504.CET
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### Author:  [@Bit\_Hacker](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Bit_Hacker)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-filename-to-title-and-artist/13890/6 "2012-11-25T13:11:01Z")
> [@Bit Hacker](#):
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> but when I try to do this, I select a file and when I select that option, the ok button is greyed out / disabled.
Never mind. Solved the problem. 🙂 Yes, the filename only had 'Artist' and 'Title' in it but the format string had %album% tag in it, which was causing the OK button disabled.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-filename-to-title-and-artist/13890/7 "2026-02-09T12:24:03Z")