Is there a way to write a byte array to a file? I have the file name and file extension(like temp.xml).
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                    1[How to read/write from/to file?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1821811/how-to-read-write-from-to-file) – icza Sep 21 '15 at 05:51
 
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            Sounds like you just want the ioutil.WriteFile function from the standard library.
https://golang.org/pkg/io/ioutil/#WriteFile
It would look something like this:
permissions := 0644 // or whatever you need
byteArray := []byte("to be written to a file\n")
err := ioutil.WriteFile("file.txt", byteArray, permissions)
if err != nil { 
    // handle error
}
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        According to https://golang.org/pkg/io/ioutil/#WriteFile, as of Go 1.16 this function is deprecated. Use https://pkg.go.dev/os#WriteFile instead (ioutil.WriteFile simply calls os.WriteFile as of 1.16).
Otherwise, Jeffrey Martinez's answer remains correct:
permissions := 0644 // or whatever you need
byteArray := []byte("to be written to a file\n")
err := os.WriteFile("file.txt", byteArray, permissions)
if err != nil { 
    // handle error
}
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