# Use file node to read text file

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/use-file-node-to-read-text-file/11304>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [20 May 2019 02:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/use-file-node-to-read-text-file/11304 "2019-05-20T02:22:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Kwonsoyeong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@Kwonsoyeong](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Kwonsoyeong)\
**Post date:** [20 May 2019 02:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/use-file-node-to-read-text-file/11304/1 "2019-05-20T02:22:47Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/2X/d/d5f44fb1b015075bcb97171ae193b89fb853d1ff.png)  
I use timestamp and this node to read text file .  
I want to no use timestamp to read text file.  
What I to do?

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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [20 May 2019 06:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/use-file-node-to-read-text-file/11304/2 "2019-05-20T06:32:06Z")

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So give us a clue what you are trying to do . You can use many things to trigger a file read.

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**Author:** ![Kwonsoyeong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@Kwonsoyeong](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Kwonsoyeong)\
**Post date:** [22 May 2019 06:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/use-file-node-to-read-text-file/11304/3 "2019-05-22T06:44:42Z")

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When I play node-red, I want to get text file to stored data.

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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [22 May 2019 07:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/use-file-node-to-read-text-file/11304/4 "2019-05-22T07:42:12Z")

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Use an inject node - configured to fire once at start/deploy.