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title: "Read All Lines from Text File"
slug: "read-all-lines-from-text-file"
updated: 2025-07-11T14:18:13Z
published: 2025-07-11T14:18:13Z
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# Read All Lines from Text File

| ## Step Details |
| --- |
| **Introduced in Version** | 4.0.0 |
| **Last Modified in Version** | 7.12.0 |
| **Location** | File Management |

Similar to the [Read Text File](/step-library/docs/read-text-file) step, the **Read All Lines from Text File** step pulls the contents of a text file as a list of strings for each line in the file. A line in the file is defined by a new line character being used.

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## Properties

#### Inputs

| Property | Description | Data Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| File Name | The name of the file. The path and extension must be included in the name | String |

#### Outputs

| Property | Description | Data Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Output | The contents of the file | List of Strings |

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Related Information

Forum Posts:

- [Parsing a Text File](https://community.decisions.com/discussion/2632/parsing-a-text-file)