# formatting mp3 tags
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/formatting-mp3-tags/15916
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 18, 2014, 9:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/formatting-mp3-tags/15916 "2014-07-18T09:44:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@ForSSound](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ForSSound)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2014, 9:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/formatting-mp3-tags/15916/1 "2014-07-18T09:44:37Z")
Hi There,
Hi I would like to make several actions
**1)The first action matches first 2 lines and put every thing on 1 line**
```
from:
ETHNO POP - ETHNIC POP,
MID ,arabazing, lanscape, walk , sharing,
MEDIUM,arabisant, paysage, partage, marche,
to:
ETHNO POP - ETHNIC POP,MID ,arabazing, lanscape, walk , sharing,
```
Regular expression: (.\*)\n
Replace matches with: $1
this did the job
**2)The second action matches words and put a , behind every word**
```
from:
ETHNO POP - ETHNIC POP,MID ,arabazing, lanscape, walk , sharing,
to:
ETHNO, POP, - ETHNIC, POP,,MID, ,arabazing,, lanscape,, walk ,, sharing,,
```
**3) This action could search for ,, and , , and replace them with ,**
```
from:
ETHNO, POP, - ETHNIC, POP,,MID, ,arabazing,, lanscape,, walk ,, sharing,,
to:
ETHNO, POP, - ETHNIC, POP,MID, arabazing, lanscape, walk , sharing,
```
**4) This action removes words completely written in capitals**
```
from:
ETHNO, POP, - ETHNIC, POP,,MID,arabazing, lanscape, walk , sharing,
to:
arabazing, lanscape, walk , sharing,
```
[A-Z][A-Z]+**5) This action removes unnecessary spaces and replaces them with 1 space**
```
from:
ETHNO, POP, - ETHNIC, POP,,MID,arabazing, lanscape, walk , sharing,
to
arabazing, lanscape, walk , sharing,
```
Thanks to [/t/967/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/967/1)
Regular expression: ^\s+
Replace matches with:
Regular expression: \s+$
Replace matches with:
Regular expression: \s{2,}
Replace matches with: " "
This is a lot and that's the reason I seperated it in 5 different actions.
Already a big thank you for reading
Guy Forssman
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/formatting-mp3-tags/15916/2 "2026-02-09T12:25:08Z")