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Get Lines

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The Get Lines activity gets multiple lines from a text file according to criteria that you specify. You can use the Get Lines activity to get specific lines from any location in a text file.

This activity replaces functionality in the Manage Text File legacy activity from Opalis 6.3.

Configure the Get Lines Activity

Before you configure the Get Lines activity, you need to determine the following:

  • The name of the file you want to get lines from.

  • The encoding type that the file you want to get the lines from uses.

  • The criteria you use to filter the lines.

Use the following information to configure the Get Lines activity.

Details Tab

Settings Configuration Instructions
File Enter the path and name of the file that you want to get the text from, or select the ellipsis button (...) and browse for it.
File encoding Select the ellipsis button (...) and select the format that the file is encoded in from the File encoding dropdown list. Verify that you select the correct encoding format. If the file uses a different encoding format, the activity fails.
Lines Select Add to open the Add Line dialog and create filters for the lines that you want to get from the file:

Name: Search for lines by their name.

Range: Search for lines by their range.

Published Data

The following table lists the published data items.

Item Description
File path The filename and path of the file that the lines were taken from.
File encoding The file encoding format that you selected in the File encoding field.
#Name# line text For each item that you add in the lines list of the dialog, a new published data item is created. This item displays the line text of each item in the Lines list. #Name# represents the name that you assigned in the Name field.
#Name# line numbers For each item that you add in the Lines list of the dialog, a new published data item is created. This item displays the line numbers where text was found from each item in the Lines list. #Name# represents the name that you assigned in the Name field.
Total Number of Lines in the Ranges Specified The total number of lines that were found in the ranges that were specified.