# Identifiying duplicated songs

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/identifiying-duplicated-songs/9680
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 10, 2010, 12:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/identifiying-duplicated-songs/9680 "2010-01-10T12:00:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![kimosapiens](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/eb9ed0/32.png) [@kimosapiens](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kimosapiens)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2010, 12:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/identifiying-duplicated-songs/9680/1 "2010-01-10T12:00:37Z")

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Hi !

My duplicated songs filename ends with: (2)

Example: ABBA\_songname(2).mp3

How do I ![:unsure:](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/cfaeba84fe6704387c5b34dfdd8172bd51b6f533.gif ":unsure:") make the program write DUPLICATED at comments field in any song ending with (2) ? ? ?

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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2010, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/identifiying-duplicated-songs/9680/2 "2010-01-10T13:33:39Z")

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Well, you could read in all your files and apply a filter with  
\_filename HAS (2).  
This should reduce the list to the alleged duplicate tracks  
Select all.  
Now it should be easy enter any string in the comment field.  
Or delete the selection.  
Or whatever.

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### Author: ![kimosapiens](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/eb9ed0/32.png) [@kimosapiens](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kimosapiens)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/identifiying-duplicated-songs/9680/3 "2010-01-10T14:12:10Z")

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\_filename HAS (2). doesn't work. Please tell me what I am doing wrong.

Thanks

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### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/identifiying-duplicated-songs/9680/4 "2010-01-10T14:24:31Z")

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**%\_filename% HAS "(2)"** should do the trick.

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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/identifiying-duplicated-songs/9680/5 "2010-01-10T15:10:41Z")

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sorry to all for the invalid syntax - apparently I was too occupied with getting the ide across

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### Author: ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/identifiying-duplicated-songs/9680/6 "2026-02-09T12:22:05Z")

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