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The :mod:`linecache` module allows one to get any line from any file, while The :mod:`linecache` module allows one to get any line from a Python source file, while
attempting to optimize internally, using a cache, the common case where many attempting to optimize internally, using a cache, the common case where many
lines are read from a single file. This is used by the :mod:`traceback` module lines are read from a single file. This is used by the :mod:`traceback` module
to retrieve source lines for inclusion in the formatted traceback. to retrieve source lines for inclusion in the formatted traceback.
The :func:`tokenize.open` function is used to open Python source files. This
function uses :func:`tokenize.detect_encoding` to get the encoding of the
Python source file.
The :mod:`linecache` module defines the following functions: The :mod:`linecache` module defines the following functions:
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>>> import linecache >>> import linecache
>>> linecache.getline('/etc/passwd', 4) >>> linecache.getline('/etc/passwd', 4)
'sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh\n' 'sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh\n'