# Editing file name

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-file-name/59552
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 29, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-file-name/59552 "2022-12-29T18:45:55Z")
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### 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: [January 6, 2023, 7:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-file-name/59552/20 "2023-01-06T07:21:46Z")

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> [@Scorpius](#):
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> I think I'm missing something? following your step

As @MotleyG wrote: you are missing the dot following the number and got 1 hyphen too many.  
In that respect you did not follow my steps

> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> If you do not see the right data assigned to TITLE, then the pattern in the filename does not match that in the mask.

What would also be interesting for us, sitting far away from you:  
Has it worked to import data from

> [@Scorpius](#):
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> `--00-DOJA CAT, THE WEEKEND - YOU RIGHT (OFFICAL VIDEO)`

?  
Also, I would have expected that you would have wandered through the FAQs a little more.  
As a filename with a leading number is described there as an FAQ topic.

> [@Converters to rename files or to import tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converters-to-rename-files-or-to-import-tags/8016/3):
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> How to import parts of the filename into the tag? Importing tags from filenames and directory names can be done by using the [Converter \> Filename - Tag] Converter \> Filename - Tag. The basic concept is the notion of a format string which describes the structure of the name to import from. The format string is built of either standard text (e.g., Music), placeholders (such as %artist%, %title%, ...), or backslash characters \ that denote directory structures. Here is an example that imports t…

> [@Converters to rename files or to import tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converters-to-rename-files-or-to-import-tags/8016/3):
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> Here is an example that imports tags from a file name `02. Four Ton Mantis.mp3`  
> `%track%. %title%`

The same example can be found in the documentation about Converters:

> **[Import Tags from File and Folder Names – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/converters/import-tags-from-filenames/)**
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> Documentation on Filename to Tag, a converter to import tags from file and folder names. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.

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