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Runo_ooa
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Detecting FileNames

Hello all,

 

I have txt files around more than 500, but some of them are empty 😕 , can i reveal which of them are empty txt files? i done something like that but couldnt achive it

 

Set Error Mode = 0;

LOAD

a,

b,

c

FROM [lib://folder/*.txt]

if  ScriptError = 11 then

Load 

filename() as EmptyTxt

autogenerate 1;

 

 

1 Reply
Miguel_Angel_Baeyens

What about something like:

Files: // only the header
LOAD * INLINE [
FileName
];

FOR EACH vFile in FileList([LIB://Folder/*.txt])

  CONCATENATE (Files)
  '$(vFile)' AS FileName
  AUTOGENERATE 1;

NEXT vFile

And then repeate a FOR loop using the "Files" table.