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toc_title: Files
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# Functions for Working with Files {#functions-for-working-with-files}
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## file(path) {#file}
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Reads file as a String. The file can contain subqueries, condition, names of columns and any other information that will be read as one line.
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**Syntax**
``` sql
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file(path)
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```
**Arguments**
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- `path` — The relative path to the file from `user_files_path` . Path to file support following globs in read-only mode: `*` , `?` , `{abc,def}` and `{N..M}` where `N` , `M` — numbers, `'abc', 'def'` — strings.
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**Example**
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Inserting data from files a.txt and b.txt into a table as different rows.
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Query:
``` sql
INSERT INTO table SELECT file('a.txt'), file('b.txt')
```
**See Also**
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- [user_files_path ](../../operations/server-configuration-parameters/settings.md#server_configuration_parameters-user_files_path )
- [file ](../table-functions/file/ )
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