# Move feat. to filename
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-feat-to-filename/63314
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 4, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-feat-to-filename/63314 "2024-01-04T15:04:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@danielstoica](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/danielstoica)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-feat-to-filename/63314/1 "2024-01-04T15:04:39Z")
Hello guys!
Please help! I need to rename the filename from tags considering "feat." string from %Artist% field. Values from %Artist% could be:
1. String
2. String feat. String2
3. String feat. String2, String3, StringN & String N+1
What I want to achieve into filename based on the options above is:
1:
FROM: 2Pac - How Do U Want It
TO: 05. How Do U Want It
2:
FROM: 2Pac feat. KC - How Do U Want It
TO: 05. How Do U Want It (feat. KC)
3:
FROM: 2Pac feat. KC & Jojo - How Do U Want It
TO: 05. How Do U Want It (feat. KC & Jojo)
where 05 is value from %track%
Basically I need to create this pattern in filename: %track%. %title% (but considering to add feat. information from artist to filename.
Regards!
Daniel
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-feat-to-filename/63314/2 "2024-01-04T15:17:56Z")
What exactly is the current content in ARTIST for your 3 examples?
As far as I understand you want to combine
%TRACK%. %TITLE% and add a part from ARTIST
Therefore we need to see what exactly you have actually in ARTIST.
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### Author:  [@danielstoica](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/danielstoica)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-feat-to-filename/63314/3 "2024-01-04T15:27:21Z")
hello!
In Artist I have exactly what I've wrote in "FROM".
eg: 2Pac or
2Pac feat. KC - How Do U Want It or
2Pac feat. KC & Jojo - How Do U Want It
Regards!
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-feat-to-filename/63314/4 "2024-01-04T15:51:49Z")
Just to be clear - you want to add all of that detail specifically into the `_FILENAME` itself, and not into a part of the `TITLE` or some other component of the metadata? Often this can lead to introducing some invalid filename characters.
From your examples it isn't really clear. It is always best to post a screenshot of these in mp3tag for some files you want to change.
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### Author:  [@danielstoica](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/danielstoica)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-feat-to-filename/63314/5 "2024-01-04T15:55:41Z")
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### Author:  [@danielstoica](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/danielstoica)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-feat-to-filename/63314/6 "2024-01-04T15:57:37Z")
I just want to rename de \_filename using tags values like this:
%track%. %title% (feat. part if any, if not should have just title)
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-feat-to-filename/63314/7 "2024-01-04T16:28:47Z")
You can use the Converter Tag - Filename with a string like this;
Format String: `%track%. %title%[feat. %mixartist%]`
The parts contained within the square brackets is only processed if any placeholder contents exist for each file. `[feat. %mixartist%]`
Note that the Converter does show you a preview, so you can see the changes expected.
If you haven't separated the %artist% and %mixartist% details you may want to consider that for simplifying this. So your example artist "2Pac feat. KC & Jojo" would then become:
ARTIST; `2Pac`
MIXARTIST; `KC & Jojo`
There are many threads here that explain in more detail how this can be done.
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### Author:  [@danielstoica](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/danielstoica)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-feat-to-filename/63314/8 "2024-01-04T16:33:20Z")
I've done it by formating value of \_FILENAME like this:
`$ifgreater($strstr($lower(%artist%), 'feat.'),0,%track%. %title% $regexp(%artist%,(.*) feat. (.*),'('feat. $2')'),%track%. %title%)`
🙂 thanks a lot!
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-feat-to-filename/63314/9 "2024-01-04T16:36:38Z")
Would you mind to explain how your last format string works?
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-feat-to-filename/63314/10 "2024-01-04T16:42:57Z")
There is usually more than one way to achieve a result. If your current method gets what you want, then that is great.
But I suggest a more generic and simple solution that is easier to manage for future results as well, rather than something that only works on one or two very specific conditions.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-feat-to-filename/63314/11 "2024-02-03T16:43:08Z")
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