Golang : Convert file content into array of bytes
It is a fairly common requirement to read a file content into array of bytes and output those arrays back to a file. In this tutorial, we will explore how to convert file content into array of bytes in Go.
See the example code below :
readfileintobytes.go
package main
import (
"fmt"
"io"
"os"
"bufio"
"bytes"
)
func main () {
file, err := os.Open("testdata.txt")
if err != nil {
panic(err.Error())
}
defer file.Close()
reader := bufio.NewReader(file)
buffer := bytes.NewBuffer(make([] byte,0))
var chunk []byte
var eol bool
var str_array []string
for {
if chunk, eol, err = reader.ReadLine(); err != nil {
break
}
buffer.Write(chunk)
if !eol {
str_array = append(str_array, buffer.String())
buffer.Reset()
}
}
if err == io.EOF {
err = nil
}
fmt.Println(str_array) // you can redirect the str_array content to a file here instead of println
}
Reference :
See also : Golang : Read binary file into memory
By Adam Ng
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