- open
- read_to_string
Rust - read content of a file as a string
examples/files/read-whole-file/src/main.rs
use std::env; use std::fs::File; use std::io::Read; fn main() { let filename = get_filename(); match File::open(&filename) { Ok(mut file) => { let mut content = String::new(); match file.read_to_string(&mut content) { Ok(size) => { println!("Read {size} bytes."); println!("We have a string of {} bytes.", content.len()); println!("{content}"); } Err(err) => eprintln!("Error: {err}"), } } Err(error) => { eprintln!("Error opening file {filename}: {error}"); } } } fn get_filename() -> String { let args = env::args().collect::<Vec<_>>(); if args.len() != 2 { eprintln!("Usage: {} data.txt", args[0]) } args[1].to_owned() }