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Posted on by dorak1005 47

I have a zip-file which contains txt files. 

I want to search in each txt file if there is a piece of text thats starts with <?XML>.

If that piece of text exists in the text file, then this textfile must be delete from within the folder it was saved in. 

 

I tought that this must be the flow, but it doesn't work.

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I tried severall flows, but i don't succeed in a successfull one. 

These jobs we have to do multitimes a day, so a goof working flow is helping a lot.

 

Please can you help me with a flow thats works.

 

Looking forward to you reply. 

With regards,

Diana

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  • Chriddle Profile Picture
    Chriddle 8,672 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    You have to unzip the files 😉

    E.g. with action "Extract archive to folder"

  • dorak1005 Profile Picture
    dorak1005 47 on at

    Thank you Chriddle, that part i had already solved.

     

    But in the flow above mentioned, something isn't right. 

    I know i have to get the file, get the contents, search for a piece of text in the txt file and when it exists in that file, the file must be deleted. 

    But i can't get the right flow to work with. It seems easy but that is not the case. 

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    Chriddle 8,672 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Your condition equals(indexOf(body('get_file_content'), 'XML'), 0) is wrong.

    You don't look for file contents starting with 'XML' but<?XML>

     

    You might try equals(indexOf(body('get_file_content'), '<?XML>'), 0)

     

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