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Read All Text from File

Description​

The read_all_text function reads the entire content of a text file and returns it as a string. It uses UTF-8 encoding to handle the file.

Function Signature:​

def read_all_text(file_path: str) -> str:

Parameters​

  • file_path (str): Full path to the text file to be read.

Returns​

  • str: The content of the file as a string.

Example Usage​

file_content = read_all_text("/path/to/text_file.txt")
print(file_content)

Notes​

  • The function opens the file in read mode with UTF-8 encoding.
  • It returns the complete content of the file as a string.

Error Handling​

  • FileNotFoundError: Raised if the file does not exist.
  • UnicodeDecodeError: Raised if the file cannot be decoded with UTF-8 encoding.