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title: "Append Text File Steps"
slug: "append-text-file-steps"
tags: ["File Management", "file steps", "Append Text"]
updated: 2025-07-09T20:50:41Z
published: 2025-07-09T20:50:41Z
canonical: "documentation.decisions.com/append-text-file-steps"
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# Append Text File Steps

| ## Step Details |
| --- |
| **Introduced in Version** | 3.0.0 |
| **Last Modified in Version** | 8.0.0 |
| **Location** | File Management |

The **Append Line of Text to File** and **Append Text to File** steps both append a line to a file, similar to the [File Writer](https://documentation.decisions.com/step-library/docs/open-fast-file-writer) steps.

However, these steps are designed only to add a single string and create a new file if a matching file does not exist.

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## Append Line of Text to File

The **Append Line of Text to File** step adds a new line of text to a file. The full file path must be specified in the File Name input. If no matching file is found, or if only the file name is added, a new file will be created in the Decisions Server directory.

#### Inputs

| Property | Description | Data Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| File Name | The name or full file path to the file. If only the name is specified, a new file will be created under C:\Program Files\Decisions Server directory for a standard install. | String |
| Text | The new line of text being appended to the file. | String |

#### Outputs

| Property | Description | Data Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| None | --- | --- |

#### ![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/image-1658242203311.png) ---

## Append Text to File

The **Append Text to File** step functions similarly to the **Append Line of Text to File** step; however, the text will be added onto the last line of the file instead of creating a new line with the text.

#### Inputs

| Property | Description | Data Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| File Name | The name or full file path to the file. If only the name is specified, a new file will be created under C:\Program Files\Decisions Server directory for a standard install. | String |
| Text | The new line of text being appended to the file. | String |

#### Outputs

| Property | Description | Data Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| None | --- | --- |

![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/image-1658242839428.png)

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Related Information

Forum Posts:

- [Inserting Text Into Word Documents](https://community.decisions.com/discussion/108/inserting-text-into-word-documents)