diff --git a/include/commoncpp/utils.hpp b/include/commoncpp/utils.hpp
index 17462a5..afe69ca 100644
--- a/include/commoncpp/utils.hpp
+++ b/include/commoncpp/utils.hpp
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@ namespace utils {
 std::vector<std::string_view> str_split(std::string_view s, char delimiter, size_t times = -1);
 bool str_replace_in_place(std::string& subject, std::string_view search, const std::string& replace);
 std::string_view max_words(std::string_view text, unsigned count);
-bool contains(std::string_view value, std::string_view ending);
-bool starts_with(std::string_view value, std::string_view ending);
+bool contains(std::string_view value, std::string_view other);
+bool starts_with(std::string_view value, std::string_view beginning);
 bool ends_with(std::string_view value, std::string_view ending);
+bool force_trailing(std::string& value, std::string_view ending);
 bool chop_down(std::string& s, char delim);
 std::string remove_nonprintable(std::string_view);
+std::string read_text_file(const std::string& path);
 
 [[noreturn]] inline void unreachable() {
     // Uses compiler specific extensions if possible.
diff --git a/utils.cpp b/utils.cpp
index 71d2b9e..3bbeb8d 100644
--- a/utils.cpp
+++ b/utils.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #include "utils.hpp"
 
+#include <sstream>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <stdexcept>
+#include <cerrno>
+
 
 
 namespace common {
@@ -49,12 +54,12 @@ std::string_view max_words(std::string_view text, unsigned count) {
     return {text.data(), idx};
 }
 
-bool contains(std::string_view value, std::string_view ending) {
-    return value.find(ending) != value.npos;
+bool contains(std::string_view value, std::string_view other) {
+    return value.find(other) != value.npos;
 }
 
-bool starts_with(std::string_view value, std::string_view ending) {
-    return value.find(ending) == 0;
+bool starts_with(std::string_view value, std::string_view beginning) {
+    return value.find(beginning) == 0;
 }
 
 bool ends_with(std::string_view value, std::string_view ending) {
@@ -62,6 +67,12 @@ bool ends_with(std::string_view value, std::string_view ending) {
     return std::equal(ending.rbegin(), ending.rend(), value.rbegin());
 }
 
+bool force_trailing(std::string &value, std::string_view ending) {
+    bool fres = ends_with(value, ending);
+    if (!fres) value.append(ending);
+    return fres;
+}
+
 bool chop_down(std::string& s, char delim) {
     const auto pos = s.find(delim);
     if (pos == s.npos) return false;
@@ -76,5 +87,13 @@ std::string remove_nonprintable(std::string_view str) {
     }
     return fres;
 }
+
+std::string read_text_file(const std::string& path) {
+    std::ifstream in(path);
+    if (!in) throw std::system_error(std::error_code(errno, std::system_category()), path);
+    std::ostringstream sstr;
+    sstr << in.rdbuf();
+    return sstr.str();
+}
 }
 }