# How to put line 1 from a text file into a TAG
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-put-line-1-from-a-text-file-into-a-tag/69397
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 13, 2025, 8:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-put-line-1-from-a-text-file-into-a-tag/69397 "2025-08-13T08:31:07Z")
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### Author:  [@popmarter1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/popmarter1)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2025, 8:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-put-line-1-from-a-text-file-into-a-tag/69397/1 "2025-08-13T08:31:07Z")
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?
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2025, 8:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-put-line-1-from-a-text-file-into-a-tag/69397/2 "2025-08-13T08:55:12Z")
Have you already tried doing it the same way as suggested here:
> [@Get info from textfile as Action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/get-info-from-textfile-as-action/69366):
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> 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?
Just using `ARTIST` instead of `TITLE`?
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### Author:  [@popmarter1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/popmarter1)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2025, 9:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-put-line-1-from-a-text-file-into-a-tag/69397/3 "2025-08-13T09:16:59Z")
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:
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2025, 9:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-put-line-1-from-a-text-file-into-a-tag/69397/4 "2025-08-13T09:36:25Z")
> [@popmarter1](#):
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> 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.
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### Author:  [@popmarter1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/popmarter1)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2025, 9:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-put-line-1-from-a-text-file-into-a-tag/69397/5 "2025-08-13T09:52:26Z")
Correct, line 3 is not needed.
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### Author:  [@popmarter1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/popmarter1)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2025, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-put-line-1-from-a-text-file-into-a-tag/69397/6 "2025-08-13T12:58:05Z")
While on the subject, is it possible to read only line 3 from the text file and put that in a tag?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2025, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-put-line-1-from-a-text-file-into-a-tag/69397/7 "2025-08-13T13:11:22Z")
> [@popmarter1](#):
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> is it possible to read only line 3 from the text file
No. The text file has to be prepared beforehand.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-put-line-1-from-a-text-file-into-a-tag/69397/8 "2025-08-13T13:54:22Z")
> [@popmarter1](#):
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> 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.
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### Author:  [@popmarter1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/popmarter1)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-put-line-1-from-a-text-file-into-a-tag/69397/9 "2025-08-13T14:11:51Z")
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! 😃
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-put-line-1-from-a-text-file-into-a-tag/69397/10 "2025-09-12T14:12:18Z")
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