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-rw-r--r--python/vyos/util.py12
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/python/vyos/util.py b/python/vyos/util.py
index ce5dc51f5..d8e83ab8d 100644
--- a/python/vyos/util.py
+++ b/python/vyos/util.py
@@ -182,20 +182,16 @@ def call(command, flag='', shell=None, input=None, timeout=None, env=None,
return code
-def read_file(fname, defaultonfailure=None, strip_end=True):
+def read_file(fname, defaultonfailure=None):
"""
- read the content of a file, optionally stripping any end characters (space, newlines)
+ read the content of a file, stripping any end characters (space, newlines)
should defaultonfailure be not None, it is returned on failure to read
"""
try:
""" Read a file to string """
with open(fname, 'r') as f:
- data = f.read()
-
- if strip_end:
- return data.strip()
- else:
- return data
+ data = f.read().strip()
+ return data
except Exception as e:
if defaultonfailure is not None:
return defaultonfailure