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.TH Path.bytes 3 2026-08-20 "Tomo man-pages"
.SH NAME
Path.bytes \- get the raw bytes of a path
.SH LIBRARY
Tomo Standard Library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.BI Path.bytes\ :\ func(path:\ Path\ ->\ [Byte])
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Convert a path to a list of the raw bytes that make up its text representation. This does not read the file at the given path; see `Path.read_bytes` for that.


.SH ARGUMENTS

.TS
allbox;
lb lb lbx
l l l.
Name	Type	Description
path	Path	The path. 
.TE
.SH RETURN
A list of bytes (`[Byte]`) representing the path's text.

.SH EXAMPLES
.EX
assert (/foo/bar).bytes() == [47, 102, 111, 111, 47, 98, 97, 114]
.EE
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR Tomo-Path (3)