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pathlib.Path.read_text()

Path.read_text(encoding=None, errors=None)

Return the decoded contents of the pointed-to file as a string:

>>> p = Path('my_text_file')
>>> p.write_text('Text file contents')
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>>> p.read_text()
'Text file contents'

The optional parameters have the same meaning as in open().

New in version 3.5.

Links:

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

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2025-01-10 15:47:30

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