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We&#x27;ll go over the most commonly used ones in this section.
These include: <code>os</code>, <code>io</code>, <code>ioutil</code> and <code>bufio</code>. We&#x27;ll go over some commonly used methods for each of these packages in this section.</p><h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="ioutil">IOUtil<a href="#ioutil" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to IOUtil" title="Direct link to IOUtil"></a></h2><h3 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="read-whole-file">Read Whole File<a href="#read-whole-file" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Read Whole File" title="Direct link to Read Whole File"></a></h3><p>To read a whole file you can use the <code>ReadFile</code> function.</p><div class="language-go codeBlockContainer_Ckt0 theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#bfc7d5;--prism-background-color:#292d3e"><div class="codeBlockContent_biex"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-go codeBlock_bY9V thin-scrollbar"><code class="codeBlockLines_e6Vv"><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token comment" style="color:rgb(105, 112, 152);font-style:italic">// Takes a filepath as argument</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token comment" style="color:rgb(105, 112, 152);font-style:italic">// Returns a byteslice and an error</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain">byteslice</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"> err </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">:=</span><span class="token plain"> ioutil</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">ReadFile</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token plain">filepath</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup__atx"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_eSgA" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_y97N"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_LjdS"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div><h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="os">OS<a href="#os" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to OS" title="Direct link to OS"></a></h2><p>The <code>os</code> package provides and interface with methods to handle files on your operating system in go. </p><h3 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="open-files">Open Files<a href="#open-files" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Open Files" title="Direct link to Open Files"></a></h3><p>To open a file using the <code>os</code> package, use the Open method. This method takes a filepath and returns the opened file and an error.</p><div class="language-go codeBlockContainer_Ckt0 theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#bfc7d5;--prism-background-color:#292d3e"><div class="codeBlockContent_biex"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-go codeBlock_bY9V thin-scrollbar"><code class="codeBlockLines_e6Vv"><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain">file</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"> err </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">:=</span><span class="token plain"> os</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">Open</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token plain">filepath</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup__atx"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_eSgA" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_y97N"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_LjdS"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div><h3 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="reading-files">Reading Files<a href="#reading-files" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Reading Files" title="Direct link to Reading Files"></a></h3><p>To read a file using the <code>os</code> package, use the ReadFile method. This method takes a filepath and returns the contents of the file in a byteslice and an error.</p><div class="language-go codeBlockContainer_Ckt0 theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#bfc7d5;--prism-background-color:#292d3e"><div class="codeBlockContent_biex"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-go codeBlock_bY9V thin-scrollbar"><code class="codeBlockLines_e6Vv"><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain">byteslice</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"> err </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">:=</span><span class="token plain"> os</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">ReadFile</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token plain">filepath</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup__atx"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_eSgA" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_y97N"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_LjdS"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div><h3 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="writing-files">Writing Files<a href="#writing-files" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Writing Files" title="Direct link to Writing Files"></a></h3><h3 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="getting-file-information">Getting File Information<a href="#getting-file-information" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Getting File Information" title="Direct link to Getting File Information"></a></h3><p>To get information about a file using the <code>os</code> package, use the Stat method. This method takes a filepath and information of the selected file and an error.
This information includes methods: Name() to get the name of the file, Size() to get the size the file in bytes, Mode() to get the mode of the file,
IsDir() to find out if it is a directory, ModTime() showing when the file was last modified, and Sys() describing the underlying data source.</p><div class="language-go codeBlockContainer_Ckt0 theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#bfc7d5;--prism-background-color:#292d3e"><div class="codeBlockContent_biex"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-go codeBlock_bY9V thin-scrollbar"><code class="codeBlockLines_e6Vv"><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain">fileInfo</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"> err </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">:=</span><span class="token plain"> os</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">Stat</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token plain">filepath</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup__atx"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_eSgA" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_y97N"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_LjdS"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div><h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="bufio">BufIO<a href="#bufio" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to BufIO" title="Direct link to BufIO"></a></h2><p>Sometimes opening a whole file is not ideal, this is for example when you have a very large log file. All of it is going to be opened in memory.
For these cases you can buffer the IO, this can increase the speed of your application by reducing the number of system calls made.
Bufio provides ways to read by the file in batches. Commonly used methods in the bufIO package include: <code>Scanner</code>, <code>ReadSlice</code>,<code>ReadBytes</code> and <code>ReadLines</code>.</p><h3 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="scanner">Scanner<a href="#scanner" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Scanner" title="Direct link to Scanner"></a></h3><p>Breaks the data up in tokens. Open the file with the <code>os</code> Open function and pass the reader to the NewScanner function. This will return a pointer to a Scanner.</p><div class="language-go codeBlockContainer_Ckt0 theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#bfc7d5;--prism-background-color:#292d3e"><div class="codeBlockContent_biex"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-go codeBlock_bY9V thin-scrollbar"><code class="codeBlockLines_e6Vv"><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain">myScanner </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">=</span><span class="token plain"> bufio</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">NewScanner</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token plain">myIOReader</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup__atx"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_eSgA" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_y97N"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_LjdS"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div><h3 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="readslice">ReadSlice<a href="#readslice" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to ReadSlice" title="Direct link to ReadSlice"></a></h3><p>This function returns a slice of the passed string based on the delimiter you pass it.
It will return every slice with the delimiter. To call it initialize a new reader with the specified string and pass the ReadSlice method a delimiter.</p><div style="padding-bottom:1rem;width:100%"><button class="button button--primary">open playground</button> <a href="https://goplay.tools/snippet/0ZFnnUjBk6l" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">go to <!-- -->https://goplay.tools/snippet/0ZFnnUjBk6l</a></div><pre class="prism-code language-go" style="background-color:#2a2734;color:#9a86fd">... loading sources<div class="token-line" style="color:#9a86fd"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block">
</span></div></pre><div style="display:none"><div><button class="button button--lg button--secondary">load external go playground, with all it´s potentially evil cookies coming from https://goplay.tools</button></div></div><h3 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="readbytes">ReadBytes<a href="#readbytes" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to ReadBytes" title="Direct link to ReadBytes"></a></h3><p>ReadBytes builds on the ReadSlice functionality and is called in a similar fashion. The difference is that ReadSlice is bound to a buffersize, if it does
not reach the delimiter within that size it will fail. ReadBytes is able to call ReadSlice multiple times which means that if you go over the buffersize
it won&#x27;t encounter a problem. To demonstrate:</p><div style="padding-bottom:1rem;width:100%"><button class="button button--primary">open playground</button> <a href="https://goplay.tools/snippet/Jl9B6I1a8d-" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">go to <!-- -->https://goplay.tools/snippet/Jl9B6I1a8d-</a></div><pre class="prism-code language-go" style="background-color:#2a2734;color:#9a86fd">... loading sources<div class="token-line" style="color:#9a86fd"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block">
</span></div></pre><div style="display:none"><div><button class="button button--lg button--secondary">load external go playground, with all it´s potentially evil cookies coming from https://goplay.tools</button></div></div><h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="examples">Examples<a href="#examples" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Examples" title="Direct link to Examples"></a></h2><h3 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="read-lines">Read Lines<a href="#read-lines" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Read Lines" title="Direct link to Read Lines"></a></h3><p>The following code provides a way to read lines from a file. It uses the <code>os</code> package to open the file and then <code>bufio</code> to create a scanner
that reads the file line by line.</p><div class="language-go codeBlockContainer_Ckt0 theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#bfc7d5;--prism-background-color:#292d3e"><div class="codeBlockContent_biex"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-go codeBlock_bY9V thin-scrollbar"><code class="codeBlockLines_e6Vv"><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">package</span><span class="token plain"> main</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">import</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(195, 232, 141)">&quot;fmt&quot;</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(195, 232, 141)">&quot;os&quot;</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(195, 232, 141)">&quot;bufio&quot;</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">func</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">main</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">{</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> file</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"> err </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">:=</span><span class="token plain"> os</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">Open</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token plain">filepath</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">if</span><span class="token plain"> err </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">!=</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token boolean" style="color:rgb(255, 88, 116)">nil</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">{</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> fmt</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">Println</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(195, 232, 141)">&quot;Error:&quot;</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"> err</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">Error</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">return</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">}</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">defer</span><span class="token plain"> os</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">Close</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token comment" style="color:rgb(105, 112, 152);font-style:italic">// Make sure to always close your resources</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> scanner </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">:=</span><span class="token plain"> bufio</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">NewScanner</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token plain">file</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">for</span><span class="token plain"> scanner</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">Scan</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">{</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token comment" style="color:rgb(105, 112, 152);font-style:italic">// returns a boolean, so until the end of the file is reached this loop will run</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> fmt</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">Println</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token plain">scanner</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">Text</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">}</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">}</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup__atx"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_eSgA" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_y97N"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_LjdS"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div><h3 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="read-bytes">Read Bytes<a href="#read-bytes" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Read Bytes" title="Direct link to Read Bytes"></a></h3><div class="language-go codeBlockContainer_Ckt0 theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#bfc7d5;--prism-background-color:#292d3e"><div class="codeBlockContent_biex"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-go codeBlock_bY9V thin-scrollbar"><code class="codeBlockLines_e6Vv"><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">package</span><span class="token plain"> main</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">import</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(195, 232, 141)">&quot;fmt&quot;</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(195, 232, 141)">&quot;os&quot;</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(195, 232, 141)">&quot;bufio&quot;</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(195, 232, 141)">&quot;io&quot;</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">func</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">main</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">{</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> fileHandler</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"> err </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">:=</span><span class="token plain"> os</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">Open</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token plain">filename</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">if</span><span class="token plain"> err </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">!=</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token boolean" style="color:rgb(255, 88, 116)">nil</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">{</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> fmt</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">Println</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(195, 232, 141)">&quot;Error:&quot;</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"> err</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">Error</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">return</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">}</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">defer</span><span class="token plain"> os</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">Close</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token comment" style="color:rgb(105, 112, 152);font-style:italic">// Make sure to always close your resources</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> myBuffer </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">:=</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">make</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">[</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">]</span><span class="token builtin" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">byte</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"> size</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token comment" style="color:rgb(105, 112, 152);font-style:italic">// Make a buffer with size of size</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">for</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">{</span><span class="token plain"> </span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> readBytes</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"> err </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">:=</span><span class="token plain"> fileHandler</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">Read</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token plain">buf</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"> </span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">if</span><span class="token plain"> err </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">!=</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token boolean" style="color:rgb(255, 88, 116)">nil</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">{</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">if</span><span class="token plain"> err </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">!=</span><span class="token plain"> io</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token plain">EOF </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">{</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> fmt</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">Println</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(195, 232, 141)">&quot;Error:&quot;</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"> err</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">Error</span><span class="token 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