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diff --git a/std/fs/read_file_str.ts b/std/fs/read_file_str.ts
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+// Copyright 2018-2019 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+
+export interface ReadOptions {
+  encoding?: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Read file synchronously and output it as a string.
+ *
+ * @param filename File to read
+ * @param opts Read options
+ */
+export function readFileStrSync(
+  filename: string,
+  opts: ReadOptions = {}
+): string {
+  const decoder = new TextDecoder(opts.encoding);
+  return decoder.decode(Deno.readFileSync(filename));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Read file and output it as a string.
+ *
+ * @param filename File to read
+ * @param opts Read options
+ */
+export async function readFileStr(
+  filename: string,
+  opts: ReadOptions = {}
+): Promise<string> {
+  const decoder = new TextDecoder(opts.encoding);
+  return decoder.decode(await Deno.readFile(filename));
+}