R: Read an entire file

read_file {brio} | R Documentation

## Read an entire file

### Description

`read_file()` reads an entire file into a single character vector. `read_file_raw()` reads an entire file into a raw vector.

### Usage

    read_file(path)

    read_file_raw(path)

### Arguments

`path` | A character string of the path to the file to read.

### Details

`read_file()` assumes the file has a UTF-8 encoding.

### Value

- `read_file()`: A length 1 character vector.

- `read_file_raw()`: A raw vector.

### Examples

    authors_file <- file.path(R.home("doc"), "AUTHORS")
    data <- read_file(authors_file)
    data_raw <- read_file_raw(authors_file)
    identical(data, rawToChar(data_raw))

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