hugo/content/functions/readfile.md

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title	linktitle	description	godocref	date	publishdate	lastmod	categories	menu	signature	workson	hugoversion	relatedfuncs	deprecated	aliases
readfile	readFile	Reads a file from disk relative to the current project working directory and converts it into a string.		2017-02-01	2017-02-01	2017-04-30	functions	docs parent functions	readFile PATH			readDir	false

readFile reads a file from disk and converts it into a string. Note that the filename must be relative to the current project working directory.

So, if you have a file with the name README.txt in the root of your project with the content Hugo Rocks!:

{{readFile "README.txt"}} → "Hugo Rocks!"

For more information on using readDir and readFile in your templates, see Local File Templates.