# Search and Replace Question
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/search-and-replace-question/1481
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 27, 2004, 10:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/search-and-replace-question/1481 "2004-11-27T22:36:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@psycho2K](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/psycho2K)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2004, 10:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/search-and-replace-question/1481/1 "2004-11-27T22:36:11Z")
First of all, thanks to Florian for helping me fix my Excel import/export issue.
My new issue has me stumped. I need to remove all of the periods (.) in the filename without affecting the last period, which creates the extension.
I don't see any way to create this in a single expression replace. I've tried a 2-line replace and get some weird behavior. The program appears to want to add periods to the end of the filename if none is present.
Any suggestions for a more elegant way to handle this?
Thanks,
Jeremy
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### Author:  [@nickless](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/nickless)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2004, 12:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/search-and-replace-question/1481/2 "2004-11-28T12:10:43Z")
Hi
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> My new issue has me stumped. I need to remove all of the periods (.) in the filename without affecting the last period, which creates the extension.
Just use a regular expression with:
Field: \_FILENAME
Expression: (.\*)(.\w+)
Replace with: $replace($1,., )$2
(all points will be replaced with spaces)
or
Replace with: $replace($1,.,)$2
(all points will be removed)
Note: this uses the new format of the scripting expressions, so use the new development build
nickless
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### Author:  [@billyvnilly](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/billyvnilly)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2005, 3:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/search-and-replace-question/1481/3 "2005-05-21T03:17:48Z")
Hey Florian,
How would you change this to all remove periods from '\_TAG'
Also, curious if you can also do this to %aritst%\%album%\ of the filename
Thanks,
Billy - one of your many pimps over at [winamp.com](http://winamp.com) forums 😃
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2005, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/search-and-replace-question/1481/4 "2005-05-21T17:28:36Z")
Hello Billy,
> [@](#):
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> How would you change this to all remove periods from '\_TAG'
Just create a new action Replace for the field **\_TAG** and replace the period by nothing.
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> Also, curious if you can also do this to %aritst%\%album%\ of the filename
No. You can create new folders and subfolders using the converter Tag - Filename but I'd use a File Manager with renaming/replacing options like Total Commander with its Multi-Rename Tool.
Best regards,
~ Florian
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### Author:  [@billyvnilly](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/billyvnilly)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2005, 12:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/search-and-replace-question/1481/5 "2005-05-24T00:40:47Z")
> [@](#):
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> Just create a new action Replace for the field **\_TAG** and replace the period by nothing.
whoa, i was making it way to hard... duh 
and i shall check out Total Commander, thanks!
--Billy
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/search-and-replace-question/1481/6 "2026-02-09T12:19:16Z")