# Metaflac.exe
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/metaflac-exe/18827
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [March 22, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/metaflac-exe/18827 "2017-03-22T23:39:22Z")
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### Author:  [@emtpiness777](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/emtpiness777)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/metaflac-exe/18827/1 "2017-03-22T23:39:22Z")
a question, to editing flac with metaflac.exe How do I select the .flac file without changing the file name to flac1.flac?
I do this: metaflac.exe --remove-all --dont-use-padding flac1.flac
I mean, How do I do it with the filename with spaces? ej: Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs.flac
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2017, 6:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/metaflac-exe/18827/2 "2017-03-23T06:09:15Z")
> [@emtpiness777](#):
>
> ... How do I do it with the filename with spaces? ej: Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs.flac
You are working on the DOS commandline, ...
therefore you should do it as the DOS commandline processor needs it:
enclose a parameter, which is a string, ...
which contain one or more space characters, ...
into double apostrophes.
You can learn from the DOS batch script there ...
[How to decrease the tagsize after deleting coverart](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/8891/5)
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