# Filename from text file
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-from-text-file/12367
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 5, 2011, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-from-text-file/12367 "2011-08-05T13:40:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@ni.va](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ni.va)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2011, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-from-text-file/12367/1 "2011-08-05T13:40:30Z")
Hi
I have a list of tags including new file name for my songs in a text file... I was wondering if I can use that new file names to rename files while I'm Importing tags. Is It possible??
also what should I do if the order of list might be different from order of tracks??
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-from-text-file/12367/2 "2011-08-05T17:09:45Z")
> [@ni.va](#):
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> ... if I can use that new file names to rename files while I'm Importing tags. Is It possible??
Not in one go but step by step: first import the tags, then rename the files.
The sequence of files has to be the same for both sets of data.
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### Author:  [@ni.va](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ni.va)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-from-text-file/12367/3 "2011-08-05T18:36:47Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> Not in one go but step by step: first import the tags, then rename the files.
> The sequence of files has to be the same for both sets of data.
I get it thanks....... what I did was creating a custom tag called newfilename & used it in Tags - Filename & then Removed it.... just saying if somebody wants to know...
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2011, 4:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-from-text-file/12367/4 "2011-08-08T04:50:38Z")
> [@ni.va](#):
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> custom tag called newfilename..
I think you can only import real mp3 tags but not mp3tag-internal pseudotags like %\_filename%.
Your way to import the filename into a custom tag looks elegant.
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2011, 6:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-from-text-file/12367/5 "2011-08-08T06:27:58Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> I think you can only import real mp3 tags but not mp3tag-internal pseudotags like %\_filename%. ...
Yes, Mp3tag provides content variables written as of format %_name% as information fields.
Such an info-field is no tag-field at all, therefore the content of an info-field cannot be changed by the customer.
It is somewhat confusing, because both, the content of a tag-field, and the content of an info-field, is queried by the same content operator clamb %...%.
But we are lucky, there is a small help to distinguish a tag-field from an info-field:
the leading underline character "_" determines an info-field.
In case of the _pseudo_ tag-fields **\_FILENAME** and **\_DIRECTORY** and their content **%\_FILENAME%** and **%\_DIRECTORY%** , which can be manipulated by Mp3tag, the confusion is perfect, because there also exist info-fields with the same visual incarnation **%\_filename%** and **%\_directory%**.
DD.20110808.1030.CEST
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### Author:  [@ni.va](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ni.va)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2011, 10:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-from-text-file/12367/6 "2011-11-15T10:29:57Z")
> [@ni.va](#):
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> also what should I do if the order of list might be different from order of tracks??
Has anyone got an answer for this??
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2011, 10:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-from-text-file/12367/7 "2011-11-15T10:51:47Z")
> [@ni.va](#):
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> Has anyone got an answer for this??
You can change the order of the files in Mp3tag with ALT+Up/Down or ALT+Mouse drag
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-from-text-file/12367/8 "2026-02-09T12:23:15Z")