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Matej
Matej

Reputation: 942

python read binary from specific position

I have a huge binary file from which I want to read some bytes from exact positions in the file. How can I access specific bytes from binary file not having to loop through all bytes from the beginning of the file? Thanx,

Upvotes: 12

Views: 18055

Answers (1)

Grim
Grim

Reputation: 987

Make sure you open the file with the "b" attribute (for example: file("myfile.bin", "rb")). Then use the seek() method of the file object.

Look here: http://docs.python.org/release/2.4.4/lib/bltin-file-objects.html

Upvotes: 14

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