---
title: "Fix File Line Break"
slug: "fix-file-line-break"
tags: ["File Management", "file steps", "Line Break", "format"]
updated: 2025-07-11T13:53:12Z
published: 2025-07-11T13:53:12Z
canonical: "documentation.decisions.com/fix-file-line-break"
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# Fix File Line Break

| ## Step Details |
| --- |
| **Introduced in Version** | 3.0.0 |
| **Last Modified in Version** | 8.0.0 |
| **Location** | File Management or under Data/Text |

The Fix File Line Break step removes line break characters within a file. This step will convert these characters into actual line breaks for a file.

This step uses FileData as an input and will output a new updated file containing the fix, which will need to be downloaded.

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## Properties

#### Inputs

| Property | Description | Data Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Data | The File being used as an input to the step | FileData |

#### Outputs

| Property | Description | Data Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Output | The outputted file which contains linebreaks. This file must be downloaded to view the changes. | FileData |

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## Example Inputs and Outputs

| Input | Output |
| --- | --- |
| .txt file type | FileData object containing the line break changes |
| Null input | EXCEPTION MESSAGE |
| .doc or .docx file type | FileData object containing the line break changes |
| .csv file type | FileData object containing the line break changes |
| .pdf file type | FileData object containing the line break changes |

![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/image-1658258704770.png)

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## Common Errors

### Passing in a Null File

If a Null value is passed into the step, then the step will throw the following error. To ensure this does not happen, pass the file in as a Constant.

#### Exception Message:

```cpp
Exception Stack Trace: DecisionsFramework.Design.Flow.ErrorRunningFlowStep: Error running step Fix File Line Breaks 1[FixFileLineBreaks] in flow [Testing Flow]: Exception invoking method FixFileLineBreaks on class FileSteps ---> DecisionsFramework.LoggedException: Exception invoking method FixFileLineBreaks on class FileSteps ---> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at DecisionsFramework.Design.Flow.CoreSteps.StandardSteps.FileSteps.FixFileLineBreaks(FileData data) 
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at DecisionsFramework.Design.Flow.StepImplementations.InvokeMethodStep.Run(StepStartData data)
   at DecisionsFramework.Design.Flow.FlowStep.RunStepInternal(String flowTrackingID, String stepTrackingID, KeyValuePairDataStructure[] stepRunDataValues, AbstractFlowTrackingData trackingData)
   at DecisionsFramework.Design.Flow.FlowStep.Start(String flowTrackingID, String stepTrackingID, FlowStateData data, AbstractFlowTrackingData trackingData, RunningStepData currentStepData) 
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
```

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