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
Fixed vulnerabilities reported by Fortify scan.
Version history (7)
3.3.0
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.
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)