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tflite_support.metadata_writers.writer_utils.load_file( file_path: str, mode: str = 'rb' ) -> Union[str, bytes]


| ## Args || |---|---| | `file_path` | valid file path string. | | `mode` | a string specifies the model in which the file is opened. Use "rt" for reading in text mode; use "rb" for reading in binary mode. |



| ## Returns || |---|---| | The loaded file in str or bytes. ||