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# file # file
`file(path, format, structure)` - returns a table created from a path file with a format type, with columns specified in structure. Creates a table from a file.
path - a relative path to a file from [user_files_path](../../operations/server_settings/settings.md#user_files_path). ```
file(path, format, structure)
```
format - file [format](../../interfaces/formats.md#formats). **Input parameters**
structure - table structure in 'UserID UInt64, URL String' format. Determines column names and types. - `path` — The relative path to the file from [user_files_path](../../operations/server_settings/settings.md#user_files_path).
- `format` — The [format](../../interfaces/formats.md#formats) of the file.
- `structure` — Structure of the table. Format `'colunmn1_name column1_ype, column2_name column2_type, ...'`.
**Returned value**
A table with the specified structure for reading or writing data in the specified file.
**Example** **Example**
```sql Setting `user_files_path` and the contents of the file `test.csv`:
-- getting the first 10 lines of a table that contains 3 columns of UInt32 type from a CSV file
SELECT * FROM file('test.csv', 'CSV', 'column1 UInt32, column2 UInt32, column3 UInt32') LIMIT 10 ```bash
$ grep user_files_path /etc/clickhouse-server/config.xml
<user_files_path>/var/lib/clickhouse/user_files/</user_files_path>
$ cat /var/lib/clickhouse/user_files/test.csv
1,2,3
3,2,1
78,43,45
``` ```
Table from`test.csv` and selection of the first two rows from it:
```sql
SELECT *
FROM file('test.csv', 'CSV', 'column1 UInt32, column2 UInt32, column3 UInt32')
LIMIT 2
```
```
┌─column1─┬─column2─┬─column3─┐
│ 1 │ 2 │ 3 │
│ 3 │ 2 │ 1 │
└─────────┴─────────┴─────────┘
```