# Beet list genre exact match

**URL:** <https://discourse.beets.io/t/beet-list-genre-exact-match/2610>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [August 8, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/beet-list-genre-exact-match/2610 "2024-08-08T20:06:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![fliz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4491bb/32.png) [@fliz](https://discourse.beets.io/u/fliz)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/beet-list-genre-exact-match/2610/1 "2024-08-08T20:06:52Z")

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Running into an odd issue.

I’ve got plenty of music with genre: Classical, but I’ve also got music with genre: Neoclassical.

the query “beet list genre:classical” will list both classical and neoclassical

the query “beet list genre:=~classical” will return nothing.

I’ve also tried

beet list genre:=Classical  
beet list genre:= Classical  
beet list genre:=“Classical”  
beet list genre:=" Classical"  
beet list genre:="Classical "

all return nothing.

any help would be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![arogl](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/arogl/32/455_2.png) [@arogl](https://discourse.beets.io/u/arogl)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 10:14pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/beet-list-genre-exact-match/2610/2 "2024-08-08T22:14:44Z")

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Try

> beet list genre::^classical

If on windows (cmd.exe) )you may need to do

> beet list “genre::^classical”

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**Author:** ![fliz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4491bb/32.png) [@fliz](https://discourse.beets.io/u/fliz)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/beet-list-genre-exact-match/2610/3 "2024-08-09T18:52:55Z")

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neither of those worked.

Oh!

beet list genre::^Classical

that worked!

also

beet list genre::^(C|c)lassical

learning regex now lol