Reading a Specific Line From a File

Question

Read a specified line number from a file.

Solution

import linecache


def get_line_from_a_file(file_path, line_number):
    return linecache.getline(file_path, line_number)


def main():
    file_path = './files_read_specific_line.py'
    desired_line_number = 10
    print(get_line_from_a_file(file_path, desired_line_number))


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Explanation

This introduces a linecache module from the standard library which provides an api to read a line number directly.

See also

• Suggest a Code Improvement:files_read_specific_line.py.py

• Suggest a better explanation for files_read_specific_line.py.rst

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