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readText

JVM
1.0
fun File . readText ( charset : Charset = Charsets.UTF_8 ) : String
(source)

Gets the entire content of this file as a String using UTF-8 or specified charset .

This method is not recommended on huge files. It has an internal limitation of 2 GB file size.

Parameters

charset - character set to use.

Return the entire content of this file as a String.

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