Hello I have bulk removed leading and trailing spaces and moved 'The' to the correct position in the artist field However the filename doesn't reflect the artist changes re 'The' change of position I need 2 actions 1-if a track number exists, create a filename $track$ - $artist$ - $title$ But …

[image] Zaphod Beeblebrox: However the filename doesn't reflect the artist changes Of course not. The filename is something for the file system to manage the files. The only requirement for a filename is to be unique and obey the syntax rules. Try 1 action of the type "Format value" for _FIL…

hello there are two cases, one where a track number doesn't exist and one where a track number exists can this be made as two actions please thank you

[image] Zaphod Beeblebrox: can this be made as two actions please It is not necessary to use 2 actions. Please consult the documenation about format strings and the special purpose of square brackets. Your reply also indicates that you have not tried my suggestion.

I can rename the filename easily using ALT1 but I want this to auto complete as I have 170K files to process I have looked at the documentation and have come up with Format Value Field: _FILENAME Format String: $if(%TRACK%,$TRACK$ - $ARTIST$ - $TITLE$,$ARTIST$ - $TITLE$} such that if a track n…

You still have not tried my suggestion. Could you show me the documentation part that tells you variable names to look like [image] Zaphod Beeblebrox: $TRACK$ - $ARTIST$ - $TITLE$,$ARTIST$ - $TITLE$} [image] Zaphod Beeblebrox: Does this check for existence of TRACK Have you tried it? …

If you have two groups of files - those with track numbers and those without, and you want to reflect that in the filename, then you could create two actions. One would include the track number and the other would not. Then, you could either sort by track number, or filter for those with/without. P…

[image] ohrenkino: Format string: [%track% - ]%artist% - %title% As was already suggested above, this one string handles both conditions. [%track% - ] This part enclosed in square brackets is only included if the contents of the field (%track% in this example) exists. Otherwise the entire se…

TIL but why artist? Shouldn't it be track?

[image] Reason: Shouldn't it be track? Yes. Typos happen. @MotleyG 's explanation of the underlying mechanism was 100% correct.

Fixed the original reply to show %track% as the field in the current situation. The general use case remains intact, where anything within a pair of square brackets will only be filled if the field referenced exists. Additional text such as the trailing " - " within the same brackets will also be i…

If the OP @reddwarf4ever would finally try the suggestion from @ohrenkino 's first answer, he would recognize the meaning of all the explanations and the documentation about Characters with Special Functionality : [...] The contents of brackets are displayed only if at least one of the placeholders…

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