# sort order of exported files?
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-order-of-exported-files/12291
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 18, 2011, 12:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-order-of-exported-files/12291 "2011-07-18T12:46:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@chrizoo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrizoo)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2011, 12:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-order-of-exported-files/12291/1 "2011-07-18T12:46:22Z")
Hi. When I press CTRL+E (export), the files displayed in MP3Tag are exported to a text file ... but in what order ??
I studied the export list and tried with different files and directories, but I just can't figure it out.
Many thanks.
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-order-of-exported-files/12291/2 "2011-07-18T15:22:29Z")
From the help file:
_$loop(%fieldname%) starts a new loop. The loop data is sorted by the fieldname.
$loopend() ends a loop._
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### Author:  [@chrizoo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrizoo)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2011, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-order-of-exported-files/12291/3 "2011-07-18T15:57:03Z")
many thanks,
and my apologies for having overlooked something from the help file
(I have seen so many export config files with "$loop(%\_filename%)" that I somehow developed the misconception, that this would be the only way to create a loop.)
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-order-of-exported-files/12291/4 "2026-02-09T12:23:13Z")