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title: Read a file to a Buffer
sidebarTitle: Read to Buffer
mode: center
---

The `Bun.file()` function accepts a path and returns a `BunFile` instance. `BunFile` extends `Blob`, so you can read the file lazily in a variety of formats.

To read the file into a `Buffer`, read it as an `ArrayBuffer` with `.arrayBuffer()`, then pass the result to `Buffer.from()`.

```ts index.ts icon="/icons/typescript.svg"
const path = "/path/to/package.json";
const file = Bun.file(path);

const arrbuf = await file.arrayBuffer();
const buffer = Buffer.from(arrbuf);
```

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See [Buffer](/runtime/binary-data#buffer) for more on working with `Buffer` and other binary data formats in Bun.
