Monkeybread Software - MBS Filemaker Plugin: String.ReadTextFile

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String.ReadTextFile

Component: String
Version: 2.4
Mac OS X: Works
Windows: Works

MBS( "String.ReadTextFile"; FilePath; Encoding )

Parameters

Parameter Description Example value

FilePath The native file path. Something like "/Users/cs/desktop/test.txt" on Mac and "C:\Programs\Data\test.txt" on Windows. Files without path end in the root directory on Mac. "test.txt"

Encoding Optional. Default is native. Can be one of the following strings: ansi, windows, mac, latin1, utf8. UTF8

Parameter	Description	Example value
FilePath	The native file path. Something like "/Users/cs/desktop/test.txt" on Mac and "C:\Programs\Data\test.txt" on Windows. Files without path end in the root directory on Mac.	"test.txt"
Encoding	Optional. Default is native. Can be one of the following strings: ansi, windows, mac, latin1, utf8.	UTF8

Result

Returns text on success.

Description

Reads a text file.
You have to decide which encoding to use (if not native). We support a few encodings, but we can add more if you need something special.

Examples

Read system.log file:

MBS("String.ReadTextFile"; "/var/log/system.log"; "utf8")

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