# Regular Expression Question for Adding a Space Before Exact Word
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regular-expression-question-for-adding-a-space-before-exact-word/7790
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 17, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regular-expression-question-for-adding-a-space-before-exact-word/7790 "2009-01-17T21:33:10Z")
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### Author:  [@fcastro](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fcastro)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regular-expression-question-for-adding-a-space-before-exact-word/7790/1 "2009-01-17T21:33:10Z")
Hi all,
Ok I am bit confused. Recently I was shown how to add a space before and after a "-". I tried to apply something similar to words but its not working.
eg:
"Boxieft Juelz Santana - Let Me Show You.mp3"
change to:
Boxie ft Juelz Santana - Let Me Show You.mp3
Basically adding a space before "ft".
Did replace regular expression \_FILENAME
Regular Expression: (\l)\ft
Replace matches with: $1 \ft
But I am getting an error.
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### Author:  [@fcastro](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fcastro)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regular-expression-question-for-adding-a-space-before-exact-word/7790/2 "2009-01-17T21:45:44Z")
Solution:
Replace regular expression \_FILENAME
Regular Expression: (\l)ft
Replace matches with: $1 ft
I guess ft tranlates into a literal and doesn't need the forward slash 😃
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regular-expression-question-for-adding-a-space-before-exact-word/7790/3 "2026-02-09T12:21:19Z")