<CFFILE ACTION="Read" FILE="full_path_name" VARIABLE="var_name">You can use the CFFILE tag to read an existing text file. The file is read into a dynamic parameter you can use anywhere in the page like any other dynamic parameter. For example, you could read a text file and then insert its contents into a database. Or you could read a text file and then use one of the find and replace functions to modify its contents.
Required. The full path name of the text file to be read.
Required. The name of the variable that will contain the contents of the text file after it has been read.