# File name before the dash to the artist section?

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-name-before-the-dash-to-the-artist-section/14588>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [March 26, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-name-before-the-dash-to-the-artist-section/14588 "2013-03-26T14:01:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Bakgrund](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Bakgrund](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Bakgrund)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-name-before-the-dash-to-the-artist-section/14588/1 "2013-03-26T14:01:50Z")

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Hi, i am new to this progam and i just managed to copy the file name to the song-name. The problem is that it just copied the name that was after the - in the file name. For example, if a songs filename is "Scooter - 4 AM" it just copied 4 AM to the song name. How do i copy everything before the dash to the songs artist?

I hope this picture explains it better:

![](https://dl.dropbox.com/u/33400489/Namnl%C3%B6sasdfasdf.png)

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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:** [March 26, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-name-before-the-dash-to-the-artist-section/14588/2 "2013-03-26T14:06:44Z")

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> [@Bakgrund](#):
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> ....filename is "Scooter - 4 AM" ...

Use the converter Filename - Tag and enter this mask:  
%artist% - %title%

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**Author:** ![Bakgrund](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Bakgrund](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Bakgrund)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-name-before-the-dash-to-the-artist-section/14588/3 "2013-03-26T14:10:48Z")

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> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> Use the converter Filename - Tag and enter this mask:  
> %artist% - %title%

Worked perfectly. Thank you very much. 😃

Gotta say this program (and the forum) is awesome, how come i did i not found it earlier..

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**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, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-name-before-the-dash-to-the-artist-section/14588/4 "2026-02-09T12:24:25Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:24pm UTC