Function ReadFile

utils/read.go:91–107

ReadFile returns the contents of the file identified by name. It reads from STDIN if name is a hyphen ("-").

(name string)

// ReadFile returns the contents of the file identified by name. It reads from
// STDIN if name is a hyphen ("-").
func ReadFile(name string) (b []byte, err error) {
	if name == stdinFilename {
		name = "/dev/stdin"
		b, err = io.ReadAll(stdin)
	} else {
		var contents []byte
		contents, err = os.ReadFile(name) // #nosec G703 -- file intended to be provided by user
		if err != nil {
			return nil, errs.FileError(err, name)
		}
		b, err = io.ReadAll(utfbom.SkipOnly(bytes.NewReader(contents)))
	}
	if err != nil {
		return nil, errs.FileError(err, name)
	}
	return b, nil
}