# Script search for a word in a single column

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/script-search-for-a-word-in-a-single-column/50472>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [October 15, 2020, 9:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/script-search-for-a-word-in-a-single-column/50472 "2020-10-15T09:25:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Tomvec](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@Tomvec](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Tomvec)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 9:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/script-search-for-a-word-in-a-single-column/50472/1 "2020-10-15T09:25:55Z")

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Hi my eroes.

I cannot search for a particular word or character in a single field (column). how do you do it in the filter?  
Thank you

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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 9:33am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/script-search-for-a-word-in-a-single-column/50472/2 "2020-10-15T09:33:31Z")

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> [@Tomvec](#):
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> how do you do it in the filter?

If you want to filter for a word (the topic title talks about "script search") then  
see the help:

> **[Filter and Search – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/filter/)**
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> Documentation on Filter and Search and keywords to form complex filter expressions. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.

with particular attention to the example

genre IS Rock AND artist HAS Stone

Genre is "Rock" and artist contains "Stone"  
and a number of other examples.  
You open the help with F1 or the Menu Help\>Help Topics

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**Author:** ![Tomvec](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@Tomvec](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Tomvec)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 9:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/script-search-for-a-word-in-a-single-column/50472/3 "2020-10-15T09:45:33Z")

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I've read everything before. But I don't understand how it's done.  
for example.  
I have to find the "-" character in the title column which contains many lines.

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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 10:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/script-search-for-a-word-in-a-single-column/50472/4 "2020-10-15T10:01:37Z")

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Try  
`%title% HAS -`  
If you look only for hyphens in titles like  
"Pigs - three different ones"  
then use  
`%title% HAS " - "`

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**Author:** ![Tomvec](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@Tomvec](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Tomvec)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 10:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/script-search-for-a-word-in-a-single-column/50472/5 "2020-10-15T10:08:07Z")

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Thank you very much. My mistake was that I also entered \<\>.

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**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/script-search-for-a-word-in-a-single-column/50472/6 "2026-02-09T12:28:52Z")

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