# Find files with missing TRACK
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-files-with-missing-track/68703
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 1, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-files-with-missing-track/68703 "2025-06-01T12:41:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@reddwarf4ever](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/reddwarf4ever)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-files-with-missing-track/68703/1 "2025-06-01T12:41:29Z")
Only remaining questions.using using Square brackets to find a match it also adds the search itdm to the output
e.g.
[$track$] if positive it ads Track to the output
Is there a way to perform this search without adding Track to the output, sorry I'm not using the correct terminology, but hope I'm getting across what I mean 🤞
Maybe ($Track$) would achieve this 🤔
Thanks everyone for all the help and advice
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2025, 12:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-files-with-missing-track/68703/2 "2025-06-01T12:43:28Z")
> [@reddwarf4ever](#):
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> but hope I'm getting across what I mean
No, TBH I don't understand a word.
What does
> [@reddwarf4ever](#):
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> Is there zxwsy to perform this search
what is "zxwsy"? What search?
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### Author:  [@reddwarf4ever](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/reddwarf4ever)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-files-with-missing-track/68703/3 "2025-06-01T13:04:43Z")
Was a typo
Corrected it now
Wondered if %track% - ]%artist% - %title%
Is it possible to do the search where 'Track' is not sent to the output, just wondered,
Renaming my 174K files as I write this, mp3tag is so powerful
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2025, 1:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-files-with-missing-track/68703/4 "2025-06-01T13:07:08Z")
Use the filter
%track% MISSING
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### Author:  [@reddwarf4ever](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/reddwarf4ever)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-files-with-missing-track/68703/6 "2025-06-01T14:00:51Z")
Just found a problem with
track% - ]%artist% - %title%
ACTION
if the tracks are numbered
1/11
2/11
3/11
The track numbering in the file name isn't good
Need to use the first number of the track
e.g.1,2,3 etc
Is this possible to add to the action
Also use a two digit number system
i e.
01,02,03 etc
Thanks in advance
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-files-with-missing-track/68703/7 "2025-06-01T14:04:00Z")
> [@reddwarf4ever](#):
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> Need to use the first number of the track
Instead of the plain `%track%` use `$num(%track%,2)`
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### Author:  [@reddwarf4ever](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/reddwarf4ever)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-files-with-missing-track/68703/8 "2025-06-01T17:21:37Z")
Thank you perfect
👍
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-files-with-missing-track/68703/9 "2025-07-01T17:22:23Z")
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