# Find files whit similar tags
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-files-whit-similar-tags/14095
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 8, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-files-whit-similar-tags/14095 "2012-11-08T20:38:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@christian\_lms](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/christian_lms)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-files-whit-similar-tags/14095/1 "2012-11-08T20:38:32Z")
Hello, this is my first post on the forum ...
Well ... I want to do is to search a specific tag files that are similar but not the same, for example:
file1: Artist = "Charly GarcĂa" (with accent)
file2: Artist = "Charly Garcia" (without accent)
file3: Artist = "Charli Garcia"
This I want to do in order to get consistency in my library. Not if you can because I can do to filter comparisons between two or more files. Anyway let the question.
Sorry for the English, is Google đ
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### Author:  [@stevehero](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stevehero)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-files-whit-similar-tags/14095/2 "2012-11-09T01:10:20Z")
Unfortunatly mp3tag cannot compare files to check if they're similar. The only thing you can do is:
Press F3 and enter the following.
"%artist%" HAS "charly" OR "%artist%" HAS "charli"
which searches ARTIST tag for "charly" or "charli"
Then when you want to replace the names you want to change to 'Charly GarcĂa' use this:
Begin Action Group **\_Script Test#TEST**
**Action #1** _Actiontype 5:_ **Format value** _Field \_\_\_\_\_\_:_ **ARTIST** _Formatstring:_ **$regexp(%artist%,'Charly GarcĂa|Charli Garcia|Charly Garcia','Charly GarcĂa,1)**
End Action Group **\_Script Test#TEST** (1 Action)
The red part **Charly GarcĂa|Charli Garcia|Charly Garcia** means find **Charly GarcĂa**
**|** or **Charli Garcia**** | **or** Charly Garcia**
the **,1)** at the end means ignore case, so if **Charly GarcĂa** was actually 'charly garcia' it would still change it.
You can add to this if you want by adding another **|** after **Charly Garcia** and then use a different way of spelling the name.
**Example:**
_Formatstring:_ **$regexp(%artist%,'Charly GarcĂa|Charli Garcia|Charly Garcia|DIFFENT NAME HERE','Charly GarcĂa,1)**
and replaces with whats in purple **Charly GarcĂa**. It's up to you which one you want to replace and keep at this stage.
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### Author:  [@christian\_lms](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/christian_lms)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-files-whit-similar-tags/14095/3 "2012-11-09T14:40:22Z")
Thank you very much, the way to do it already had in mind, but looking pretty yesterday I realized that it is not possible with Mp3tag to check the consistency of my music library.
Just found a program that does what I need BeaTunes called, but it's a pay program that does not have all the features, if they know of any please serve me can tell me.
I think the best would be to make inquiries as to a database, but I think there is no program that allows.
Thank you!
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-files-whit-similar-tags/14095/4 "2012-11-09T16:34:06Z")
> [@christian\_lms](#):
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> ... I realized that it is not possible with Mp3tag to check the consistency of my music library. ...
There are users of Mp3tag, who export some tag-fields per filename to a text file, then run an external spell checking application against the text file, afterwards import the checked data into the tags of the related files.
DD.20121109.1830.CET
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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/find-files-whit-similar-tags/14095/5 "2026-02-09T12:24:09Z")