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x/levo/templates/new-project/lib/lib.deno_runtime.d.ts>Deno.readTextFile

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function Deno.readTextFile
import { Deno } from "https://deno.land/x/levo@v0.0.27/templates/new-project/lib/lib.deno_runtime.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 | URL

Returns

Promise<string>