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Loads file from the file path.

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Use "rt" for reading in text mode; use "rb" for reading in binary mode. </td> </tr> </table> <!-- Tabular view --> <table class="responsive fixed orange"> <colgroup><col width="214px"><col></colgroup> <tr><th colspan="2"><h2 class="add-link">Returns</h2></th></tr> <tr class="alt"> <td colspan="2"> The loaded file in str or bytes. </td> </tr> </table>