file2string.cpp

//
// file2string.cpp
//
// see also... https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2602013/read-whole-ascii-file-into-c-stdstring
//
#include <fstream>
#include <sstream>
#include <iostream>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    std::ifstream ifs("test.txt");
    if (!ifs) {
        std::cerr << "cannot open file..." << std::endl;
        return -1;
    }

    std::stringstream ss;
    ss << ifs.rdbuf();

    std::cout << ss.str() << std::endl;

    return 0;
}