1---2name: bun-write-a-file-to-stdout3description: Write a file to stdout4---56# Write a file to stdout78Bun exposes `stdout` as a `BunFile` with the `Bun.stdout` property. This can be used as a destination for [`Bun.write()`](/runtime/file-io#writing-files-bun-write).910This code writes a file to `stdout` similar to the `cat` command in Unix.1112```ts cat.ts icon="https://mintcdn.com/bun-1dd33a4e/nIz6GtMH5K-dfXeV/icons/typescript.svg?fit=max&auto=format&n=nIz6GtMH5K-dfXeV&q=85&s=5d73d76daf7eb7b158469d8c30d349b0" theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"dracula"}}13const path = "/path/to/file.txt";14const file = Bun.file(path);15await Bun.write(Bun.stdout, file);16```1718***1920See [Docs > API > File I/O](/runtime/file-io#writing-files-bun-write) for complete documentation of `Bun.write()`.
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