1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/SBO-Lib/lib/SBO/Lib/Util.pm b/SBO-Lib/lib/SBO/Lib/Util.pm
index 39bdf65..52b1a9d 100644
--- a/SBO-Lib/lib/SBO/Lib/Util.pm
+++ b/SBO-Lib/lib/SBO/Lib/Util.pm
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ our @EXPORT_OK = (
     print_failures
     script_error
     show_version
+    slurp
     uniq
     usage_error
     version_cmp
@@ -419,6 +420,24 @@ sub show_version {
   say '<http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING>';
 }
 
+=head2 slurp
+
+  my $data = slurp($fn);
+
+C<slurp()> takes a filename in C<$fn>, opens it, and reads in the entire file,
+the contents of which is then returned. On error, it returns C<undef>.
+
+=cut
+
+sub slurp {
+  my $fn = shift;
+  return undef unless -f $fn;
+  my ($fh, $exit) = open_read($fn);
+  return undef if $exit;
+  local $/;
+  return scalar readline($fh);
+}
+
 =head2 uniq
 
   my @uniq = uniq(@duplicates);