ClickHouse/docs/en/sql-reference/functions/files.md
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# Functions for Working with Files {#functions-for-working-with-files}
## file {#file}
Reads file as a String. The file content is not parsed, so any information is read as one string and placed into the specified column.
**Syntax**
``` sql
file(path)
```
**Arguments**
- `path` — The relative path to the file from [user_files_path](../../operations/server-configuration-parameters/settings.md#server_configuration_parameters-user_files_path). Path to file support following wildcards: `*`, `?`, `{abc,def}` and `{N..M}` where `N`, `M` — numbers, `'abc', 'def'` — strings.
**Example**
Inserting data from files a.txt and b.txt into a table as strings:
Query:
``` sql
INSERT INTO table SELECT file('a.txt'), file('b.txt');
```
**See Also**
- [user_files_path](../../operations/server-configuration-parameters/settings.md#server_configuration_parameters-user_files_path)
- [file](../table-functions/file.md)