# Capture template from file but only for new entries

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**Created:** [June 15, 2023, 11:52am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/capture-template-from-file-but-only-for-new-entries/3114 "2023-06-15T11:52:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 7:42am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/capture-template-from-file-but-only-for-new-entries/3114/2 "2023-06-19T07:42:58Z")

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This [post](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/read-capture-template-from-file/1869) might help you structure the variable correctly.

You don’t use `:if-new` and `:target` at the same time. They do the same thing. `:if-new` is old and not to be used any more; `:target` replaces it. I believe the former remains only for backward compatibility.

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