1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/r_qtl/r_qtl2.py b/r_qtl/r_qtl2.py
index 0241458..93ce56c 100644
--- a/r_qtl/r_qtl2.py
+++ b/r_qtl/r_qtl2.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import io
 import csv
 import json
+from pathlib import Path
 from zipfile import ZipFile
 from functools import reduce, partial
 from typing import Iterator, Iterable, Callable, Optional
@@ -292,3 +293,12 @@ def genotype_data(zfile: ZipFile):
     """Convenience function to genotype data from R/qtl2 bundle."""
     cdata = control_data(zfile)
     return file_data(zfile, "geno", cdata, *make_process_data_geno(cdata))
+
+def raw_file_data(zipfilepath: Union[str, Path],
+                  memberfilename: str) -> Iterator[str]:
+    """Read the raw text from a file in the R/qtl2 bundle."""
+    with (ZipFile(str(zipfilepath), "r") as zfile,
+          zfile.open(memberfilename) as innerfile):
+        wrappedfile = io.TextIOWrapper(innerfile)
+        for  line in wrappedfile:
+            yield line.strip()