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Alvin Lucillo

Encoding file into string

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bash

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To get the file contents into a string and ensure that new lines are escaped, use jq: jq -Rs . < test.html

test.html

<html>
	<body>
		<h1>Hello, World!</h1>
	</body>
</html>

Terminal

jq -Rs . < test.html
"<html>\n  <body>\n    <h1>Hello, World!</h1>\n  </body>\n</html>\n"