{"id":16978,"date":"2024-03-15T14:01:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T14:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-read-and-write-binary-files-in-golang\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T07:29:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T07:29:25","slug":"how-to-read-and-write-binary-files-in-golang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-read-and-write-binary-files-in-golang\/","title":{"rendered":"How to read and write binary files in Golang?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Golang, you can utilize the os and io packages to read and write binary files.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, you can use the os.Open() function to open a binary file for reading, as shown below:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>file, err := os.Open(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"binaryfile.bin\"<\/span>)\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">if<\/span> err != <span class=\"hljs-literal\">nil<\/span> {\r\n    log.Fatal(err)\r\n}\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">defer<\/span> file.Close()\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Next, you can use the io.ReadFull() function to read the contents of a file into a byte slice, as shown below:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>data := <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">make<\/span>([]<span class=\"hljs-type\">byte<\/span>, filesize)\r\n_, err = io.ReadFull(file, data)\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">if<\/span> err != <span class=\"hljs-literal\">nil<\/span> {\r\n    log.Fatal(err)\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the code above, filesize represents the size of the file, which can be obtained through the file.Stat() function. The io.ReadFull() function will read the file&#8217;s contents into the data byte slice.<\/p>\n<p>To write to a binary file, you can use the os.Create() function to create a binary file for writing, as shown below:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>file, err := os.Create(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"binaryfile.bin\"<\/span>)\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">if<\/span> err != <span class=\"hljs-literal\">nil<\/span> {\r\n    log.Fatal(err)\r\n}\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">defer<\/span> file.Close()\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Next, you can use the file.Write() function to write the content to the file, as shown below:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>data := []<span class=\"hljs-type\">byte<\/span>{<span class=\"hljs-number\">0x01<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">0x02<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">0x03<\/span>} <span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ \u8981\u5199\u5165\u7684\u5185\u5bb9<\/span>\r\n_, err = file.Write(data)\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">if<\/span> err != <span class=\"hljs-literal\">nil<\/span> {\r\n    log.Fatal(err)\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the code above, `data` is the content to be written to the file, which can be a byte slice.<\/p>\n<p>The above is the basic method of reading and writing binary files in Golang. 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