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JavaScriptdeepagentsindexBackendProtocolV2read
Method●Since v1.8

read

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read(
  filePath: string,
  offset: number,
  limit: number
): MaybePromise<ReadResult>
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Parameters

NameTypeDescription
filePath*string

Absolute file path

offsetnumber

Line offset to start reading from (0-indexed), default 0

limitnumber

Maximum number of lines to read, default 500

Read file content.

For text files, content is paginated by line offset/limit. For binary files, the full raw Uint8Array content is returned.