Read the text inside a file
Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
File filePath | file | Required | — | — |
Encoding encoding | enum | Optional | utf-8 | —utf-8utf-16asciilatin1 |
Trim Whitespace trimWhitespace | boolean | Optional | false | — |
Output Variable outputVariable | variable | Optional | FileContent | — |
Output
$outputVariableStringText content read from the file. Reference {FileContent} to use it directly, or {FileContent.length} for the character count.
Compatibility
WindowsLinuxAttendedUnattended
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