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title: "file:read — Read file"
description: "iXML command file:read: Read file."
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# file:read — Read file

FILE:READ reads the entire content of a file.

FILE:READ is the complement of the FILE:WRITE operation.

### Attributes
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
| ---- | ---- | ------- | ----------- |
| var | var |  | Result variable name |
| filename | string |  | Filename/URL |

### Children
- (none)

### Parents
- (not restricted in the reference)

### Result
- binding: var; type: string

### Examples

```xml
<file:write filename="./test/ixml.inc">iXML</file:write>

<output>
	<file:read filename="./test/ixml.inc"/>
</output>

<!-- iXML -->
```