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6 changes: 1 addition & 5 deletions doc/api/fs.markdown
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Expand Up @@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ Synchronous readdir(3). Returns an array of filenames excluding `'.'` and

## fs.readFile(file[, options], callback)

* `file` {String | Integer} filename or file descriptor
* `file` {String} filename
* `options` {Object | String}
* `encoding` {String | Null} default = `null`
* `flag` {String} default = `'r'`
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fs.readFile('/etc/passwd', 'utf8', callback);
```

Any specified file descriptor has to support reading.

_Note: Specified file descriptors will not be closed automatically._

## fs.readFileSync(file[, options])

Synchronous version of [`fs.readFile`][]. Returns the contents of the `file`.
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