method Deno.FsFile.prototype.seek
FsFile.prototype.seek(offset: number | bigint,whence: SeekMode,): Promise<number>
Seek to the given offset
under mode given by whence
. The call
resolves to the new position within the resource (bytes from the start).
// Given file pointing to file with "Hello world", which is 11 bytes long: using file = await Deno.open( "hello.txt", { read: true, write: true, truncate: true, create: true }, ); await file.write(new TextEncoder().encode("Hello world")); // advance cursor 6 bytes const cursorPosition = await file.seek(6, Deno.SeekMode.Start); console.log(cursorPosition); // 6 const buf = new Uint8Array(100); await file.read(buf); console.log(new TextDecoder().decode(buf)); // "world"
The seek modes work as follows:
// Given file.rid pointing to file with "Hello world", which is 11 bytes long: const file = await Deno.open( "hello.txt", { read: true, write: true, truncate: true, create: true }, ); await file.write(new TextEncoder().encode("Hello world")); // Seek 6 bytes from the start of the file console.log(await file.seek(6, Deno.SeekMode.Start)); // "6" // Seek 2 more bytes from the current position console.log(await file.seek(2, Deno.SeekMode.Current)); // "8" // Seek backwards 2 bytes from the end of the file console.log(await file.seek(-2, Deno.SeekMode.End)); // "9" (i.e. 11-2)
whence: SeekMode
Promise<number>