How to unset a literal tag

MusicBrainz Picard
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My first script attempt was $set(%artist%,Barbie & the Kens), which resulted in the files each having a field named the value of %artist% with an actual value of Barbie & the Kens for every artist. So a Pretenders song has a tag Pretenders with a value Barbie & the Kens. I tried $unset(%artist%) but that doesn’t remove the value. How do I specify the field I want for several files? Thanks

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If you just want to replace the value you set with the value in the database, you should be able to get rid of the script and it will fix itself.

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The files now each have a unique tag with a value of Barbie & the Kens.
song - Changes
artist - Bowie

now has
song - Changes
artist - Bowie
Bowie - Barbie & the Kens

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Oh, I see. I guess I would have tried the same thing you did. If you could set the tag that way, you ought to be able to unset it. Odd.

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I guess your issue is that $unset won’t delete tags. It just unsets the values you want to write to it. To actually delete the tags from the files use $delete. So to fix your case and get rid of the tag which are named after the artist try $delete(%artist%).

In general the first parameter to $get, $set, $unset and $delete is the name of the variable. So use $set(artist,something) and $unset(artist) to modify the artist tag.

The %...% notation is short for $get. If you write $set(%artist%,something) this is the same as $set($get(artist),something).

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Thanks! That works perfectly.