grunt.file
grunt.file
There are many provided methods for reading and writing files, traversing the filesystem and finding files by matching globbing patterns. Many of these methods are wrappers around built-in Node.js file functionality, but with additional error handling, logging and character encoding normalization.
Note: all file paths are relative to the Gruntfile unless the current working directory is changed with grunt.file.setBase or the --base command-line option.
Character encoding
grunt.file.defaultEncoding
Set this property to change the default encoding used by all grunt.file methods. Defaults to 'utf8'. If you do have to change this value, it's recommended that you change it as early as possible inside your Gruntfile.
grunt.file.defaultEncoding = 'utf8';