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<h2><a href="./">Go by Example</a>: Reading Files</h2>
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<p>Reading and writing files are basic tasks needed for
many Go programs. First we&rsquo;ll look at some examples of
reading files.</p>
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<a href="http://play.golang.org/p/DF2Wo8nDKaF"><img title="Run code" src="play.png" class="run" /></a><img title="Copy code" src="clipboard.png" class="copy" />
<pre class="chroma"><span class="kn">package</span> <span class="nx">main</span>
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<pre class="chroma"><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="p">(</span>
<span class="s">&#34;bufio&#34;</span>
<span class="s">&#34;fmt&#34;</span>
<span class="s">&#34;io&#34;</span>
<span class="s">&#34;os&#34;</span>
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<p>Reading files requires checking most calls for errors.
This helper will streamline our error checks below.</p>
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<span class="kd">func</span> <span class="nf">check</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">e</span> <span class="kt">error</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="nx">e</span> <span class="o">!=</span> <span class="kc">nil</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="nb">panic</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">e</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
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<pre class="chroma"><span class="kd">func</span> <span class="nf">main</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="p">{</span>
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<p>Perhaps the most basic file reading task is
slurping a file&rsquo;s entire contents into memory.</p>
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<span class="nx">dat</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">err</span> <span class="o">:=</span> <span class="nx">os</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nf">ReadFile</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#34;/tmp/dat&#34;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="nf">check</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">err</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="nx">fmt</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nf">Print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">string</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">dat</span><span class="p">))</span>
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<p>You&rsquo;ll often want more control over how and what
parts of a file are read. For these tasks, start
by <code>Open</code>ing a file to obtain an <code>os.File</code> value.</p>
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<span class="nx">f</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">err</span> <span class="o">:=</span> <span class="nx">os</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nf">Open</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#34;/tmp/dat&#34;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="nf">check</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">err</span><span class="p">)</span>
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<p>Read some bytes from the beginning of the file.
Allow up to 5 to be read but also note how many
actually were read.</p>
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<span class="nx">b1</span> <span class="o">:=</span> <span class="nb">make</span><span class="p">([]</span><span class="kt">byte</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">5</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="nx">n1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">err</span> <span class="o">:=</span> <span class="nx">f</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nf">Read</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">b1</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="nf">check</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">err</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="nx">fmt</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nf">Printf</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#34;%d bytes: %s\n&#34;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">n1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nb">string</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">b1</span><span class="p">[:</span><span class="nx">n1</span><span class="p">]))</span>
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<p>You can also <code>Seek</code> to a known location in the file
and <code>Read</code> from there.</p>
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<span class="nx">o2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">err</span> <span class="o">:=</span> <span class="nx">f</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nf">Seek</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">6</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="nf">check</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">err</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="nx">b2</span> <span class="o">:=</span> <span class="nb">make</span><span class="p">([]</span><span class="kt">byte</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="nx">n2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">err</span> <span class="o">:=</span> <span class="nx">f</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nf">Read</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">b2</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="nf">check</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">err</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="nx">fmt</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nf">Printf</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#34;%d bytes @ %d: &#34;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">n2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">o2</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="nx">fmt</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nf">Printf</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#34;%v\n&#34;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nb">string</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">b2</span><span class="p">[:</span><span class="nx">n2</span><span class="p">]))</span>
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<p>The <code>io</code> package provides some functions that may
be helpful for file reading. For example, reads
like the ones above can be more robustly
implemented with <code>ReadAtLeast</code>.</p>
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<span class="nx">o3</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">err</span> <span class="o">:=</span> <span class="nx">f</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nf">Seek</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">6</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="nf">check</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">err</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="nx">b3</span> <span class="o">:=</span> <span class="nb">make</span><span class="p">([]</span><span class="kt">byte</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="nx">n3</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">err</span> <span class="o">:=</span> <span class="nx">io</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nf">ReadAtLeast</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">f</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">b3</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="nf">check</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">err</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="nx">fmt</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nf">Printf</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#34;%d bytes @ %d: %s\n&#34;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">n3</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">o3</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nb">string</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">b3</span><span class="p">))</span>
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<p>There is no built-in rewind, but <code>Seek(0, 0)</code>
accomplishes this.</p>
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<span class="nx">_</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">err</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="nx">f</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nf">Seek</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="nf">check</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">err</span><span class="p">)</span>
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<p>The <code>bufio</code> package implements a buffered
reader that may be useful both for its efficiency
with many small reads and because of the additional
reading methods it provides.</p>
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<span class="nx">r4</span> <span class="o">:=</span> <span class="nx">bufio</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nf">NewReader</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">f</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="nx">b4</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">err</span> <span class="o">:=</span> <span class="nx">r4</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nf">Peek</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">5</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="nf">check</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">err</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="nx">fmt</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nf">Printf</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#34;5 bytes: %s\n&#34;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nb">string</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">b4</span><span class="p">))</span>
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<p>Close the file when you&rsquo;re done (usually this would
be scheduled immediately after <code>Open</code>ing with
<code>defer</code>).</p>
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<span class="nx">f</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nf">Close</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
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<pre class="chroma"><span class="gp">$</span> echo &#34;hello&#34; &gt; /tmp/dat
<span class="gp">$</span> echo &#34;go&#34; &gt;&gt; /tmp/dat
<span class="gp">$</span> go run reading-files.go
<span class="go">hello
</span><span class="go">go
</span><span class="go">5 bytes: hello
</span><span class="go">2 bytes @ 6: go
</span><span class="go">2 bytes @ 6: go
</span><span class="go">5 bytes: hello</span></pre>
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<p>Next we&rsquo;ll look at writing files.</p>
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Next example: <a href="writing-files">Writing Files</a>.
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by <a href="https://markmcgranaghan.com">Mark McGranaghan</a> and <a href="https://eli.thegreenplace.net">Eli Bendersky</a> | <a href="https://github.com/mmcgrana/gobyexample">source</a> | <a href="https://github.com/mmcgrana/gobyexample#license">license</a>
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