Text File Utilities
by Appian Corporation
Description
Append, read, or read lines with filters from a text file.
Features
Key Features
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.
Release notes
Added readTextFileByPage function for paged reading of large text files, avoiding the memory circuit breaker. Returns content as a dictionary with configurable line break preservation and an optional total line count that can be skipped on subsequent pages for better performance.
Version history (6)
3.2.0
- New Functions readMatchingLinesInFile & readMatchingLinesInFileRegex
- Minor performance improvements to readTextFromFile
3.1.0
- Updated deprecated API's.
- Append Text to File smart service error fixed.
3.0.2
[Bug Fixes]
- Fixing issue with readtextfromfile reading from oldest version of document instead of current version
3.0.1
Adding in logging for errors in AppendTextToFile
3.0.0
Updating deprecated ContentService apis
2.0.0
[MIGRATED] Reads data from a text file (any extension, but must be encoded as text) into a string, with an option to preserve linebreaks.
- v2.0.0 - 12/07/2017
Added smart service to append text to the end of a file
- v1.0.1 - 10/22/2015
The function now reads from the latest version of the text file instead of the original version Functions: readTextFromFile(Document sourceDocument, Boolean preserveLineBreaks)
Smart Services: Append Text to File (Document sourceDocument, String textToAppend)