In Scala (and Java), it is SO EASY to read any file (text, binary...)

cp.scala

import	java.io._

object Read
{
	val out	= "dest"
	val ext	= ".out"

	def	main( av:Array[String] )
	{
		try {
			val src		= new FileInputStream( av(0) )
			val dest	= new FileOutputStream( out + ext )
			val bytes	= Array.ofDim[Byte]( src.available )

			src.read( bytes )
			src.close
			dest.write( bytes )
			dest.close
		}
		catch {
			case e:Throwable => println( "Error" + e )
		}
	}
}