A plain text file is a universal format for textual information.

The Export as Plain Text command in the File menu can be used to export a document to a text file.

The Import and Export commands can be used to read and write to text files.

The FileTools[Text] package can be used for more advanced processing of text files.

Content-Type: text/plain

$\mathrm{story}≔\mathrm{Import}\left(''example/UnderTheMaples.txt''\,\mathrm{base}=\mathrm{datadir}\right)$

$\mathrm{story}≔''Under\; The\; Maples,\; by\; John\; Burroughs\; Chapter\; I:\; The\; Falling\; Leaves\; The\; time\; of\; the\; falling\; of\; leaves\; has\; come\; again.\; Once\; more\; in\; our\; morning\; walk\; we\; tread\; upon\; carpets\; of\; gold\; and\; crimson,\; of\; brown\; and\; bronze,\; woven\; by\; the\; winds\; or\; the\; rains\; out\; of\; these\; delicate\; textures\; while\; we\; slept.''$

$\mathrm{StringTools}:-\mathrm{WordCount}\left(\mathrm{story}\right)$

$54$

$\mathrm{path}≔\mathrm{FileTools}:-\mathrm{JoinPath}\left(\left[''example''\,''UnderTheMaples.txt''\right]\,\mathrm{base}=\mathrm{datadir}\right)$

$\mathrm{path}≔''/maple/cbat/active/268316/data/example/UnderTheMaples.txt''$

$\mathrm{story}≔\mathrm{FileTools}:-\mathrm{Text}:-\mathrm{ReadFile}\left(\mathrm{path}\right)$

$\mathrm{story}≔''Under\; The\; Maples,\; by\; John\; Burroughs\; Chapter\; I:\; The\; Falling\; Leaves\; The\; time\; of\; the\; falling\; of\; leaves\; has\; come\; again.\; Once\; more\; in\; our\; morning\; walk\; we\; tread\; upon\; carpets\; of\; gold\; and\; crimson,\; of\; brown\; and\; bronze,\; woven\; by\; the\; winds\; or\; the\; rains\; out\; of\; these\; delicate\; textures\; while\; we\; slept.''$