#!/usr/bin/python # Open a file fo = open("/tmp/foo.txt", "r+") str = fo.read(10); print "Read String is : ", str # Check current position position = fo.tell(); print "Current file position : ", position # Reposition pointer at the beginning once again position = fo.seek(0, 0); str = fo.read(10); print "Again read String is : ", str # Close opend file fo.close() #//python/8339