# 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: ![areve](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/4af34b/32.png) [@areve](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/areve)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regular-expressions/521/3 "2003-10-16T17:42:53Z")

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Regular expression: **`^\s*[0-9]+\s*-\s*`**  
Replace with:

This one will remove the track-number (if followed by a dash) and white space at the beginning of a string  
(for instance `01 - Come Together` will become `Come Together`)

Regular expression: **`^\s*[0-9]+\s+`**  
Replace with:

This one will remove the track-number if followed by a white space  
(for instance `01 Come Together` will become `Come Together`)

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