# Import data from text file to user-defined field

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-data-from-text-file-to-user-defined-field/57109
**Category:** Mac
**Created:** [April 23, 2022, 10:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-data-from-text-file-to-user-defined-field/57109 "2022-04-23T10:09:22Z")
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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: [April 23, 2022, 11:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-data-from-text-file-to-user-defined-field/57109/2 "2022-04-23T11:08:39Z")

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Have a look at the Mac documentation and a way to import data from text files:

> [@Rename Files and Import Tags from Files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rename-files-and-import-tags-from-files/51720):
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> Mp3tag provides a variety of possibilities to get tag information from parts of the filename or to rename files based on the information stored in the tag of a file. The base concept behind all converters in Mp3tag is the format string, which describes a pattern or template of a filename. A format string consists of any characters and predefined placeholders or scripting functions. Every placeholder begins with the percent sign %, followed by a tag field name and ends with the percent sign. …

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