Alas, it’s true that `modify` can’t currently delete fixed fields. There’s more discussion on this on the thread where we originally added the ! operator to that command: https://github.com/beetbox/beets/pull/530#issuecomment-34593021
In the mean time, you can try `disc= track=` to reset fields to their null value. > On Jul 24, 2016, at 1:34 PM, David Glover-Aoki <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm trying to completely erase the track number and disc number for any track > marked as a singleton. > > My naive guess as to how to do this failed: > > $ beet mod singleton:true disc! track! > Modifying 375 items. > No changes to make. > > because apparently you can only remove flexible attributes. > > Is there a way to do this? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "beets" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "beets" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
