# Regular Expressions

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regular-expressions/521
**Category:** Howto
**Created:** [October 16, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regular-expressions/521 "2003-10-16T16:47:29Z")
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### Author: ![Michaelm](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/3be4f8/32.png) [@Michaelm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Michaelm)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2006, 10:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regular-expressions/521/15 "2006-04-22T10:56:43Z")

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**And the other way around**

**Move "The " to the end**

Regular expression: ^The (.+)  
Replace with: $1, The

So "The Cure" becomes "Cure, The"  
And "The a whole lot of words" becomes "a whole lot of words, The"

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