# Naming of folder by using but changing album title

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/naming-of-folder-by-using-but-changing-album-title/17942>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 12, 2016, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/naming-of-folder-by-using-but-changing-album-title/17942 "2016-05-12T12:58:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![HankD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/hankd/32/5130_2.png) [@HankD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/HankD)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/naming-of-folder-by-using-but-changing-album-title/17942/1 "2016-05-12T12:58:02Z")

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My library of concert recordings are tagged like this

Artist: "Miles Davis"  
Album: "Universitetet, Uppsala - 1971-11-07"

and from this I want to change the name the folder to:

"Miles Davis - 1971-11-07 - Universitetet, Uppsala"

I have the action for naming the folder with format string like this:  
\_DIRECTORY  
%artist% - %album%

but I can't understand how to move and change places for the venue and the date...

Thanks in advance /Hank

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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:** [May 12, 2016, 1:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/naming-of-folder-by-using-but-changing-album-title/17942/2 "2016-05-12T13:27:54Z")

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Instead of  
%artist% - %album%

try

%artist% - $regexp(%album%,'(._) - (._)',$2 - $1)

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**Author:** ![HankD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/hankd/32/5130_2.png) [@HankD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/HankD)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 2:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/naming-of-folder-by-using-but-changing-album-title/17942/3 "2016-05-12T14:36:20Z")

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> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> Instead of  
> %artist% - %album%
> 
> try
> 
> %artist% - $regexp(%album%,'(._) - (._)',$2 - $1)

Wonderful!  
Thank you!

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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, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/naming-of-folder-by-using-but-changing-album-title/17942/4 "2026-02-09T12:26:14Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:26pm UTC