examples/gio-cat.js


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// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT OR LGPL-2.0-or-later
// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 litl, LLC

const ByteArray = imports.byteArray;
const GLib = imports.gi.GLib;
const Gio = imports.gi.Gio;

let loop = GLib.MainLoop.new(null, false);

function cat(filename) {
    let f = Gio.file_new_for_path(filename);
    f.load_contents_async(null, (obj, res) => {
        let contents;
        try {
            contents = obj.load_contents_finish(res)[1];
        } catch (e) {
            logError(e);
            loop.quit();
            return;
        }
        print(ByteArray.toString(contents));
        loop.quit();
    });

    loop.run();
}

if (ARGV.length !== 1)
    printerr('Usage: gio-cat.js filename');
else
    cat(ARGV[0]);