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  • Author: Appian Corporation
  • Type: Plug-in (Function & Smart Service)
  • Support: This is an Appian supported plug-in. To the extent that this plug-in does not conform to its documentation, please submit a ticket to Appian Technical Support. Appian does not support customer-created customizations or outdated versions of the plug-in.
  • Industry: All Industries
  • Compatible Version(s): 24.4
  • First Released:
  • Last Updated:
  • Cost: Free - Appian Supported
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Text File Utilities

Overview

Append, read, or read lines with filters from a text file.

Key Features & Functionality

Smart Services:

  • appendTextToFile - Append text to a text Document

Functions

  • readTextFromFile - Reads data from a text Document (any extension encoded as text) into a string, with an option to preserve line breaks
  • readMatchingLinesInFile - Reads and returns lines from a text Document which contain a provided search string
  • readMatchingLinesInFileRegex - Reads and returns lines from a text Document which match a provided Regex pattern
  • readTextFileByPage — Reads a page of lines from a text Document, returning content and optionally total line count as a dictionary. Supports paged reading of large files to avoid memory issues.
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