Reading other types of files as Text

I have a rather unusual request..

Let's assume I want to read JavaScript file as text (whole directory in the future). I've tried using INPUT TOOL and read it as CSV with 0 as a delimiter, it still outputs the file in multiple rows but I can use SUMMARIZE with CONCATENATE.

But how do I do it for multiple files? The above is concatenating all files together.

Or is there a better way to read any file that I want and treat it as one big blob of text?

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NeilR

You should be able to do it by making sure the "Output File Name as Field" option in the Input tool is "Full Path" or "File Name Only", then adding a GroupBy on this new field in the Summarize tool. See attached. My example works with subdirectories as well, but you can uncheck that option if you prefer.

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s_pichaipillai

you can check that Treat errors as warnings check box in Dynamic IP tool

click edit then you can see that option

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RodL

If I'm understanding you correctly, you have multiple JavaScript files and you'd like each file to be a separate record in the output of concatenated scripts?

What you would do is turn your current process into a batch macro. Then what you would feed into the macro would be the output from a Directory tool that would provide the list of each of the JavaScript files. The batch macro will process each record from the Directory tool separately and then output a record for each file.

Here are some resources you might find helpful...

Help on the Batch macro

On-demand video for how to build a batch macro

NeilR

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