# Filtering file names

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filtering-file-names/14848>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [June 27, 2013, 7:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filtering-file-names/14848 "2013-06-27T07:54:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![car313](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@car313](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/car313)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 7:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filtering-file-names/14848/1 "2013-06-27T07:54:37Z")

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Dear People,

Is there a way to write a filter expression to list filenames that do NOT contain the 'dash' character?

Not important, but I was wondering if there is such a facility.

Thanks and regards

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**Author:** ![dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/dano/32/6_2.png) [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 9:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filtering-file-names/14848/2 "2013-06-27T09:09:37Z")

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_NOT "%\_filename%" HAS -_

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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/filtering-file-names/14848/3 "2026-02-09T12:24:33Z")

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