readText

kotlin-stdlib / kotlin.io / java.io.File / readText
Platform and version requirements: JVM (1.0) 
fun File.readText(charset: Charset = Charsets.UTF_8): String

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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