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56 | 3.13 <tt class="module">linecache</tt> -- | |
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64 | The <tt class="module">linecache</tt> module allows one to get any line from any file, | |
65 | while attempting to optimize internally, using a cache, the common case | |
66 | where many lines are read from a single file. This is used by the | |
67 | <tt class="module"><a href="module-traceback.html">traceback</a></tt> module to retrieve source lines for inclusion in | |
68 | the formatted traceback. | |
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71 | The <tt class="module">linecache</tt> module defines the following functions: | |
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74 | <dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"> | |
75 | <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-621' xml:id='l2h-621' class="function">getline</tt></b>(</nobr></td> | |
76 | <td><var>filename, lineno</var>)</td></tr></table></dt> | |
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78 | Get line <var>lineno</var> from file named <var>filename</var>. This function | |
79 | will never throw an exception -- it will return <code>''</code> on errors | |
80 | (the terminating newline character will be included for lines that are | |
81 | found). | |
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84 | If a file named <var>filename</var> is not found, the function will look | |
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91 | <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-623' xml:id='l2h-623' class="function">clearcache</tt></b>(</nobr></td> | |
92 | <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt> | |
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101 | <td><var></var><big>[</big><var>filename</var><big>]</big><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt> | |
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103 | Check the cache for validity. Use this function if files in the cache | |
104 | may have changed on disk, and you require the updated version. If | |
105 | <var>filename</var> is omitted, it will check the whole cache entries. | |
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109 | Example: | |
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112 | <div class="verbatim"><pre> | |
113 | >>> import linecache | |
114 | >>> linecache.getline('/etc/passwd', 4) | |
115 | 'sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh\n' | |
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