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https://github.com/Yelrose/linecache_light

A python package that can fast random access any lines in a large file without high memory cost.
https://github.com/Yelrose/linecache_light

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A python package that can fast random access any lines in a large file without high memory cost.

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# linecache_light
A python package that can fast random access any lines in a large file without high memory cost.

## Usage

It's avaiable to install linecache_light throught pip.

```
pip install linecache_light
```

The basic usage is followed:

```
from linecache_light import LinceCache
linecache = LineCache('large_file.txt', cache_suffix='.cache')
# This will create a cache file with suffix in your file location
# Noticing it may cost a long time to cache the file since the LineCache will scan through the document.
# If the cache file has already existed, it will reload the cache file in a much short time without scan through the document again.

# Check the total number of lines
print len(linecache)

# Access the lines by line index
print linecache[5]

# Access the lines by slice
print linecache[3:5]
print linecache[-1]

# Access the lines by a iterable list of index
print linecache[[3,2,1,5]]
```