This method read at most size bytes from the file. If if the read hits EOF before obtaining size bytes then it read only available bytes.
Syntax:
fileObject.read( size );
Parameters:
Here is the detail of parameters:
size: This is the number of bytes to be read from the file.
Example:
#!/usr/bin/python
# Open a file
fo = open("foo.txt", "r")
print "Name of the file: ", fo.name
# Assuming file has following 5 lines
# This is 1st line
# This is 2nd line
# This is 3rd line
# This is 4th line
# This is 5th line
line = fo.read(10)
print "Read Line: %s" % (line)
# Close opend file
fo.close()