# What is it asking?

**URL:** <https://discourse.beets.io/t/what-is-it-asking/1769>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [May 14, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/what-is-it-asking/1769 "2021-05-14T23:14:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![j26nbh9a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@j26nbh9a](https://discourse.beets.io/u/j26nbh9a)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/what-is-it-asking/1769/1 "2021-05-14T23:14:42Z")

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```
     * ?[31;01mAf?[39;49;00mte?[31;01mr Hours?[39;49;00m?[31;01m (#12)?[39;49;00m?[31;01m (2:44)?[39;49;00m ->
       ?[31;01mKrema?[39;49;00mt?[31;01morium (Instrum?[39;49;00me?[31;01mntal)?[39;49;00m?[31;01m (#26)?[39;49;00m?[31;01m (2:32)?[39;49;00m ?[33;01m(id, title, index, length)?[39;49;00m
     * ?[31;01mSh?[39;49;00mame?[31;01m (#13)?[39;49;00m?[31;01m (3:26)?[39;49;00m ->
       ?[31;01mRos?[39;49;00ma?[31;01m Blu?[39;49;00mme?[31;01m (Instrumental)?[39;49;00m?[31;01m (#27)?[39;49;00m?[31;01m (2:47)?[39;49;00m ?[33;01m(id, title, length, index)?[39;49;00m
     * ?[31;01mR?[39;49;00mum?[31;01mors (F?[39;49;00mea?[31;01mt.Tove Lo?[39;49;00m)?[31;01m (#6)?[39;49;00m ->
       ?[31;01mWas glaubt die Welt denn, wer sie ist? (Instr?[39;49;00mume?[31;01mnt?[39;49;00ma?[31;01ml?[39;49;00m)?[31;01m (#28)?[39;49;00m ?[33;01m(title, index)?[39;49;00m
    ?[34;01mA?[39;49;00mpply, ?[34;01mM?[39;49;00more candidates, ?[34;01mS?[39;49;00mkip, ?[34;01mU?[39;49;00mse as-is, as ?[34;01mT?[39;49;00mracks, ?[34;01mG?[39;49;00mroup albums,
    ?[34;01mE?[39;49;00mnter search, enter ?[34;01mI?[39;49;00md, a?[34;01mB?[39;49;00mort?

```

I can’t figure out what it is asking for. After I hit enter, it presents a set of letters. I want to set it up to just ignore anything it can’t match so I don’t have to be present.

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**Author:** ![RollingStar](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/rollingstar/32/728_2.png) [@RollingStar](https://discourse.beets.io/u/RollingStar)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2021, 3:52am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/what-is-it-asking/1769/2 "2021-05-15T03:52:04Z")

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a **B** ort (press b then enter) should quit out of the importer.

You can pass “quiet” on the import command (-q I think). That skips all prompts (there may be one prompt at the start asking to pick up where you left off).

The ? symbols are because your terminal can’t display special characters. Known issue in some cases: [convert: Avoid an encoding error on Windows when in a non-Unicode locale · Issue #3128 · beetbox/beets · GitHub](https://github.com/beetbox/beets/issues/3128)

```auto
?[34;01mA?[39;49;00mpply, ?[34;01mM?[39;49;00more candidates, ?[34;01mS?[39;49;00mkip, ?[34;01mU?[39;49;00mse as-is, as ?[34;01mT?[39;49;00mracks, ?[34;01mG?[39;49;00mroup albums,

```

This would look something like Apply, More candidates, Skip, etc. But it’s supposed to be color coded and the display broke.

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**Author:** ![adrian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/adrian/32/4_2.png) [@adrian](https://discourse.beets.io/u/adrian)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2021, 4:07am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/what-is-it-asking/1769/3 "2021-05-15T04:07:33Z")

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Another thing that you’re witnessing here is ANSI color codes (you may wish to disable color altogether): [On Windows under Python 3, Colorama's ANSI color replacement doesn't work in cmd.exe · Issue #2607 · beetbox/beets · GitHub](https://github.com/beetbox/beets/issues/2607)

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**Author:** ![j26nbh9a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@j26nbh9a](https://discourse.beets.io/u/j26nbh9a)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2021, 4:54am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/what-is-it-asking/1769/4 "2021-05-15T04:54:36Z")

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Thank you. I woudn’t have figured that one out in a millon years lol.