Reading binary file and looping over each byte

Question

In Python, how do I read in a binary file and loop over each byte of that file?

Answer 1

This generator yields bytes from a file, reading the file in chunks:

def bytes_from_file(filename, chunksize=8192):
    with open(filename, "rb") as f:
        while True:
            chunk = f.read(chunksize)
            if chunk:
                for b in chunk:
                    yield b
            else:
                break

# example:
for b in bytes_from_file('filename'):
    do_stuff_with(b)

See the Python documentation for information on iterators and generators.