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Deno.readTextFile - Deno documentation
function Deno.readTextFile
allow-read
readTextFile(
path: string | URL,
options?: ReadFileOptions,
): Promise<string>
Asynchronously reads and returns the entire contents of a file as an UTF-8 decoded string. Reading a directory throws an error. ```ts const data = await Deno.readTextFile("hello.txt"); console.log(data); ``` Requires `allow-read` permission.

Parameters

path: string | URL
optional
options: ReadFileOptions

Return Type

Promise<string>