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read() Netscript Function
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.. js:function:: read(port/fn)
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:param string/number port/fn: Port or text file to read from
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:RAM cost: 1 GB
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This function is used to read data from a port, a text file (.txt), or a script (.script, .js, .ns)
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If the argument *port/fn* is a number between 1 and 20, then it specifies a port and it will read data from that port. Read
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about how :ref:`netscript_ports` work here. A port is a serialized queue. This function
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will remove the first element from that queue and return it. If the queue is empty, then the string "NULL PORT DATA" will be returned.
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If the argument *port/fn* is a string, then it specifies the name of a text file or script and this function will return the data in the specified text file/script. If
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the text file does not exist, an empty string will be returned.
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