File tell() Method

File tell() Method in Python 3

  The method tell() returns the current position of the file read/write pointer within the file.

Syntax

fileObject.tell()

Return Value

 This method returns the current position of the file read/write pointer within the file.

Example

Assuming that 'foo.txt' file contains following text: This is 1st line This is 2nd line This is 3rd line This is 4th line This is 5th line

#!/usr/bin/python3 fo = open("foo.txt", "r+") print ("Name of the file: ", fo.name) line = fo.readline() print ("Read Line: %s" % (line)) pos=fo.tell() print ("current position : ",pos) # Close opened file fo.close()

When we run the above program, it produces the following result-

Name of the file: foo.txt Read Line: This is 1st line Current Position: 18