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read(File) -- read from a file

Function: read
Usage:

read f
Inputs:
- f, a file, an input file
Outputs:
- a string, a string obtained by reading from f.

Description

i1 : f = openInOut "!cat"

o1 = !cat

o1 : File

i2 : isReady f

o2 = false

i3 : f << "hi there" << flush;

i4 : isReady f

o4 = false

i5 : read f

o5 = hi there

i6 : isReady f

o6 = false

See also

openIn -- open an input file
get -- get the contents of a file
isReady -- whether a file has data available for reading

Ways to use this method:

read(File) -- read from a file

The source of this document is in Macaulay2Doc/ov_system.m2:301:0.