# love.filesystem.read

Read the contents of a file

## Function

### Synopsis

    contents, size = love.filesystem.read( name, size )

### Arguments

`string name`
  The name (and path) of the file
`number size (all)`
  How many bytes to read

### Returns

`string contents`
  The file contents
`number size`
  How many bytes have been read

## See Also

- love.filesystem

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Category:

- Functions