# Replacing ...
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing/4173
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 12, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing/4173 "2006-12-12T17:29:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@fulocri](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fulocri)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing/4173/1 "2006-12-12T17:29:27Z")
I want to get rid of dots... from track/album etc. Problem is that i can't find way to make it work, because . matches any single character.
Examples:
We Live In A World...
So Far, So Good...So What!
I also want to get rid of unnecesary spaces like "... A Dish Better Served Coldly"
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### Author:  [@sprdthlv](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sprdthlv)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2006, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing/4173/2 "2006-12-13T13:43:18Z")
hello,
okay, it's another program, but i have been using this for years. it makes renaming of all files and folders easy -- not only for music files but all files ! you can insert number or text anywhere in a file name, trim names, or replace text strings in file/folder names.
the best yet is that it's free and it's a small program. it has to be my most used program for renaming files.
[http://www.albert.nu/default.asp?sub=progr...enamer/main.htm](http://www.albert.nu/default.asp?sub=programs/default.asp?sub=renamer/main.htm)
to solve your "." problem, i would suggest replacing all "." with "" in this program. this gets rid of the extra "." in your files, but then you have a problem that all files extensions are missing the "." Because all file extensions are 3 letters, you can tell the program to insert a "." in position 4 from the right. then all files will have a "." between the file names and the extension name!
bruno
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing/4173/3 "2006-12-13T14:45:43Z")
There's no need for other programs...
> [@fulocri](#):
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> I want to get rid of dots... from track/album etc. Problem is that i can't find way to make it work, because . matches any single character.
_". matches any single character."_ only counts for regular expressions. If you want to match an actual dot, you must mask in with .
But why don't you use a simple **Replace** action where dot is dot?!
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> I also want to get rid of unnecesary spaces like "... A Dish Better Served Coldly"
[Actions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/967/1)
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### Author:  [@fulocri](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fulocri)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2006, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing/4173/4 "2006-12-13T15:43:41Z")
> [@dano](#):
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> But why don't you use a simple **Replace** action where dot is dot?!
> [@](#):
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> [Mp3tag](https://docs.mp3tag.de/actions/replace) only replaces Original when it is a whole word and not a _part of a word_.
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2006, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing/4173/5 "2006-12-13T15:52:36Z")
But only if you actually enable that option!
By default it works as you want it.
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### Author:  [@fulocri](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fulocri)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2006, 1:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing/4173/6 "2006-12-15T13:02:27Z")
> [@](#):
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> If you want to match an actual dot, you must mask in with .
Field: TITLE;ARTIST;ALBUM
Regular expression: .{3}
Replace matches with:
Works fine, but how can i add space between words?
So Far, So Good...So What!
So Far, So GoodSo What!
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2006, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing/4173/7 "2006-12-16T12:30:23Z")
> [@fulocri](#):
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> Field: TITLE;ARTIST;ALBUM
> Regular expression: .{3}
> Replace matches with:
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> Works fine, but how can i add space between words?
> So Far, So Good...So What!
> So Far, So GoodSo What!
Just add a space in the Replace matches with field.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing/4173/8 "2026-02-09T12:20:02Z")