## profile.read() — read a profile of a sequence

`read(file, profile_format)`

> This command will read a profile from a specified file. Two formats are supported: `TEXT` and `BINARY`.

> For the format of text files, see Section B.3. Binary format files are standard HDF5 files (see Section B.4).

> For `TEXT` files, file can be either a file name or a readable file handle (see modfile.File()). For `BINARY` files, it must be a file name.

Example: examples/commands/read_profile.py

      # Example file for: profile.read(), profile.to_alignment()

      from modeller import *

      env = environ()

      # Create a new, blank, profile
      prf = profile(env)

      # Read in the profile file
      prf.read(file='toxin.prf', profile_format='TEXT')

      # Convert the profile to alignment
      aln = prf.to_alignment()

      # Write out the alignment
      aln.write(file='readprofile.pir', alignment_format='PIR')