diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01658_read_file_to_stringcolumn.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01658_read_file_to_stringcolumn.reference
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+aaaaaaaaa	bbbbbbbbb
+:0
+:0
+:0
+ccccccccc	aaaaaaaaa	bbbbbbbbb
+ccccccccc	aaaaaaaaa	bbbbbbbbb
+:0
+:107
+:79
+:35
+699415
+aaaaaaaaa	bbbbbbbbb
+ccccccccc	aaaaaaaaa	bbbbbbbbb
+ccccccccc	aaaaaaaaa	bbbbbbbbb
+ccccccccc	aaaaaaaaa	bbbbbbbbb
+ccccccccc	aaaaaaaaa	bbbbbbbbb
+699415	0
+:0
+:107
+:79
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01658_read_file_to_stringcolumn.sh b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01658_read_file_to_stringcolumn.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -eu
+
+CURDIR=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)
+# shellcheck source=../shell_config.sh
+. "$CURDIR"/../shell_config.sh
+
+# Data preparation
+# When run with client mode on different machine to the server, the data-file creation maybe implemented in SQL. Now we just make it simple
+echo -n aaaaaaaaa > /var/lib/clickhouse/user_files/a.txt
+echo -n bbbbbbbbb > /var/lib/clickhouse/user_files/b.txt
+echo -n ccccccccc > /var/lib/clickhouse/user_files/c.txt
+echo -n ccccccccc > /tmp/c.txt
+mkdir /var/lib/clickhouse/user_files/dir
+
+### 1st TEST in CLIENT mode.
+${CLICKHOUSE_CLIENT} --query "drop table if exists data;"
+${CLICKHOUSE_CLIENT} --query "create table data (A String, B String) engine=MergeTree() order by A;"
+
+
+# Valid cases:
+${CLICKHOUSE_CLIENT} --query "select file('a.txt'), file('b.txt');";echo ":"$?
+${CLICKHOUSE_CLIENT} --query "insert into data select file('a.txt'), file('b.txt');";echo ":"$?
+${CLICKHOUSE_CLIENT} --query "insert into data select file('a.txt'), file('b.txt');";echo ":"$?
+${CLICKHOUSE_CLIENT} --query "select file('c.txt'), * from data";echo ":"$?
+
+
+# Invalid cases: (Here using sub-shell to catch exception avoiding the test quit)
+# Test non-exists file
+echo "clickhouse-client --query "'"select file('"'nonexist.txt'), file('b.txt')"'";echo :$?' | bash 2>/dev/null
+# Test isDir
+echo "clickhouse-client --query "'"select file('"'dir'), file('b.txt')"'";echo :$?' | bash 2>/dev/null
+# Test path out of the user_files directory. It's not allowed in client mode
+echo "clickhouse-client --query "'"select file('"'/tmp/c.txt'), file('b.txt')"'";echo :$?' | bash 2>/dev/null
+
+
+
+### 2nd TEST in LOCAL mode.
+
+echo -n aaaaaaaaa > a.txt
+echo -n bbbbbbbbb > b.txt
+echo -n ccccccccc > c.txt
+mkdir dir
+#Test for large files, with length : 699415
+c_count=$(wc -c ${CURDIR}/01518_nullable_aggregate_states2.reference | awk '{print $1}')
+echo $c_count
+
+# Valid cases:
+# The default dir is the CWD path in LOCAL mode
+${CLICKHOUSE_LOCAL} --query "
+	drop table if exists data;
+	create table data (A String, B String) engine=MergeTree() order by A;
+	select file('a.txt'), file('b.txt');
+	insert into data select file('a.txt'), file('b.txt');
+	insert into data select file('a.txt'), file('b.txt');
+	select file('c.txt'), * from data;
+	select file('/tmp/c.txt'), * from data;
+	select $c_count, $c_count -length(file('${CURDIR}/01518_nullable_aggregate_states2.reference'))
+"
+echo ":"$?
+
+
+# Invalid cases: (Here using sub-shell to catch exception avoiding the test quit)
+# Test non-exists file
+echo "clickhouse-local --query "'"select file('"'nonexist.txt'), file('b.txt')"'";echo :$?' | bash 2>/dev/null
+
+# Test isDir
+echo "clickhouse-local --query "'"select file('"'dir'), file('b.txt')"'";echo :$?' | bash 2>/dev/null
+
+# Restore
+rm -rf a.txt b.txt c.txt dir
+rm -rf /var/lib/clickhouse/user_files/a.txt
+rm -rf /var/lib/clickhouse/user_files/b.txt
+rm -rf /var/lib/clickhouse/user_files/c.txt
+rm -rf /tmp/c.txt
+rm -rf /var/lib/clickhouse/user_files/dir