Find & Replace double backslash?

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Hi. I am trying to do a Find and Replace in the Composer section. I know how to do basic things like replace words and such. The problem I am having is I am trying to do the following;

Name 1\\Name 2 This is a double line but won't show up.

and replace with

Name 1 / Name 2

For some reason the \\ is not being found or applied and replaced with the /.

I wasn't sure if this is a bug or perhaps I need some coding parameters. Sorry I am not a coder.

I tried

In Composer Find

,\\,
%\\%
'\\'
"\\"
\\

None of these worked. Any thoughts?

Thanks.
Mark

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The \\ usually indicates a field with multiple values.
Check in the extended tags dialogue Alt-T that you have several fields of the type COMPOSER.
To merge such fields into one, use an action of the type

To find files with several COMPOSER fields, try the filter
$meta(composer,1) PRESENT

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Thank you for the response.

There is multiple fields, but is this just a double backslash issue and multiple fields? Because if I take a name on a field with multiple composer fields and find and replace the name that does work. It's strictly the double slash.

4

This double backslash does not really exist as character in your metadata.
Mp3tag is using this \\ only to show you that the same field (COMPOSER) exists more then once.

6

It seems the tagging was put there with a double (by someone), I just want to replace it with the / I am amble to manually do this.

7

Have you tried the "Merge duplicate fields" action?

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Not sure what that is. I'll try it.

10

OK - and now?
What happens if you apply the action "Merge duplicate fields" and set the / as separating character?

BTW: with the search words "double backslash" you find a number of threads that deal with this phenomenon.

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BINGO!!!!!!! That worked. Merge Duplicate Fields Composer with the separator of forward slash. Lots of reading and things I tried. But this did the trick. Thank you very much for your time.