How to put line 1 from a text file into a TAG

[popmarter1]

I have a text-file with a lot of info, but the start is always something like this:

Pepi Ginsberg
November 14, 2009
Schubas Tavern
Chicago, Illinois

The first line is always the ARTIST. Can I use an ACTION to put that first line from the textfile into the ARTIST tag?

[LyricsLover]

Have you already tried doing it the same way as suggested here:

Get info from textfile as Action

I have a .txt-file with all titels from songs. They are listed simply under eachother in a list. With Convert Textfile to Tag I can add those to the tag Title. While that works perfect, I prefer to have it as a action. So I can do more actions at once, to save time eventually. Can this be done? [image]

Just using ARTIST instead of TITLE?

[popmarter1]

Thank you, that did it. Not sure how, but that is good for now. I have made some adjustment and it worked. It looks like this:

[LyricsLover]

@popmarter1

Not sure how, but that is good for now.

With this Action Group you overwrite the content in ARTIST from the 3rd Action Group line "($if($eql...)" with the content of %temptitle% in the 4th line. IMHO the 3rd line is not necessary.
You could test it without the 3rd line.

[popmarter1]

Correct, line 3 is not needed.

[popmarter1]

While on the subject, is it possible to read only line 3 from the text file and put that in a tag?

[ohrenkino]

@popmarter1

is it possible to read only line 3 from the text file

No. The text file has to be prepared beforehand.

[LyricsLover]

@popmarter1

is it possible to read only line 3 from the text file and put that in a tag?

It is not possible to only read line 3 from the text file.

But you can import the complete text file as you already do it. Then extract the needed parts with $meta(TEMPFILE,n) where n is the line you want -1.

Example:
If you want to extract "Schubas Tavern" in your example, you would use $meta(TEMPFILE,2) because this content can be found on line 3:

In my test I have expanded the Action group like this:

For your example data, this would result in:

You can, of course, remove the TEMPFILE field afterwards if you no longer need it.

[popmarter1]

AWESOME! This means I can very easy take more lines (just in theory, not that it is really needed! This makes things so much easier!! THANKS!