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pathlib.Path.read_bytes()

Path.read_bytes()

Return the binary contents of the pointed-to file as a bytes object:

>>> p = Path('my_binary_file')
>>> p.write_bytes(b'Binary file contents')
20
>>> p.read_bytes()
b'Binary file contents'

New in version 3.5.

Links:

https://docs.python.org/3.5/library/pathlib.html#pathlib.Path.read_bytes

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2016-10-07 17:40:30

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