Feature Request: File Reader

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Hello Knime team,

I would really love to have a simple file reader!

You would say: there IS a file reader node already.  Ok, but I merely want to read the contents of a *single* file into a *single* cell, no more and no less.

I saw a couple of valuable forum entries to do this with the document parser, but this feels like cracking a nut with a sledgehammer.

Proposal: How about extending the file reader node by a simple checkbox: "read as-is into a single cell"?

Comfort feature would be, to also specify the column type.

 

Many thanks,

Frank

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Hi Frank,

there is a node for this in the Vernalis community extension. It is called Load Text Files. 

Best, Iris

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Hi Iris,

yipiiiieeeehhh, you made my day!

How often I was searching for a node for this trivial task.

Best, Frank

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Thanks Iris, Thanks Frank!

We spent years doing all sorts of nasty looping and grouping tricks which is why we eventually wrote it!

Steve

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Hi Steve,

I have to admit, I really like it, I use it for my own work as well :-)

Iris 

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