Unable to extract text from file

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Describe the problem/error/question

I am using a node read/write files from disk and giving the file path it’s gives below output but I want file content. Although I can see the file content when i click on “View” button as evident in the screenshot but ame thing i am unable to provide to next step [ { “mimeType”: “text/plain”, “fileType”: “text”, “fileName”: “test_file - Copy - Copy - Copy - Copy.txt”, “fileExtension”: “txt”, “fileSize”: “12 B” } ]

What is the error message (if any)?

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Share the output returned by the last node

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welcome to :n8n: community @Md_Atif_Shamim,

You can’t pass the file content directly if it’s in binary format from the previous node,
You’ll need to use the Extract from File node → Extract from Text File,
and then pass the output to the LLM node..

I modified your workflow to include that node, here’s an example:

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:point_right: If this solves your problem, feel free to mark the reply as the solution :white_check_mark: it’ll help others with same issue, and it also helps me on the leaderboard :folded_hands:t2:

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Thanks @mohamed3nan it’s working now.

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Glad it works @Md_Atif_Shamim , please mark my reply as the solution, thanks

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Done.
Let me know if not reflecting

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Thank, all good, have a nice day

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