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function Deno.readTextFileSync

Synchronously reads and returns the entire contents of a file as utf8 encoded string. Reading a directory throws an error.

const data = Deno.readTextFileSync("hello.txt");
console.log(data);

Requires allow-read permission.

Parameters

path: string | URL

Returns

string