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x/deno/cli/js/lib.deno.ns.d.ts>Deno.readTextFile

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function Deno.readTextFile
import { Deno } from "https://deno.land/x/deno@v1.0.0/cli/js/lib.deno.ns.d.ts";
const { readTextFile } = Deno;

Asynchronously reads and returns the entire contents of a file as a utf8 encoded string. Reading a directory returns an empty data array.

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

Requires allow-read permission.

Parameters

path: string

Returns

Promise<string>