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diff --git a/include/amsstring4/amsstring4.hpp b/include/amsstring4/amsstring4.hpp
index 64fcbac..40ac67b 100644
--- a/include/amsstring4/amsstring4.hpp
+++ b/include/amsstring4/amsstring4.hpp
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ void fwritelines(FILE *fp, amsstring *s);
 void fwritelines(FILE *fp, std::vector<amsstring> *lines);
 void freadtxtfile(FILE *fp, amsstring *s);
 
+int readtextfile(const amsstring fname, amsstring *s);
+
 }; //end namespace ams
 
 #include <amsstring4/amsstring4_unicode.hpp>
diff --git a/src/amsstring4/amsstring4_class.cpp b/src/amsstring4/amsstring4_class.cpp
index 184a780..087e128 100644
--- a/src/amsstring4/amsstring4_class.cpp
+++ b/src/amsstring4/amsstring4_class.cpp
@@ -1493,6 +1493,25 @@ namespace ams
       }
       return;
     }
+
+    int readtextfile(const amsstring fname, amsstring *s)
+    {
+      int ret = 1;
+      FILE *fp = NULL;
+
+      fp = fopen(fname.cstring, "r");
+      if(fp==NULL)
+      {
+        printf("readtextfile: could not open %s for reading.\n",fname.cstring);
+        ret = 0;
+        return ret;
+      }
+
+      freadtxtfile(fp,s);
+
+      fclose(fp); fp=NULL;
+      return ret;
+    }
     
     amsstring amsstring::operator+(const amsstring &other)
     {
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 6400ce7..7351999 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     amsstring4_test_strip();
     amsstring4_test_freadwrite();
 
-    amsstring4_test_concatenation_operators(); //segfault on Debian11?
+    amsstring4_test_concatenation_operators(); 
     
     return ret;
 }
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