Method read

cmd2/utils.py:442–454

Read from the internal contents as a str and then clear them out. :param size: Number of bytes to read from the stream

(self, size: int | None = -1)

        return bytes(self.buffer.byte_buf)

    def read(self, size: int | None = -1) -> str:
        """Read from the internal contents as a str and then clear them out.

        :param size: Number of bytes to read from the stream
        """
        if size is None or size == -1:
            result = self.getvalue()
            self.clear()
        else:
            result = self.buffer.byte_buf[:size].decode(encoding=self.encoding, errors=self.errors)
            self.buffer.byte_buf = self.buffer.byte_buf[size:]

        return result

    def readbytes(self) -> bytes:
        """Read from the internal contents as bytes and then clear them out."""