pydicom.fileutil.find_bytes¶

pydicom.fileutil.find_bytes(fp, bytes_to_find, read_size=128, rewind=True)[source]¶

Read in the file until a specific byte sequence found.

Parameters

fp (file-like) – The file-like to search.
bytes_to_find (str) – Contains the bytes to find. Must be in correct endian order already.
read_size (int) – Number of bytes to read at a time.
rewind (bool) – Flag to rewind file reading position.

Returns

found_at – Position where byte sequence was found, else None.

Return type