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+# Copyright (C) 2017  The Software Heritage developers
+# See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
+# License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
+# See top-level LICENSE file for more information
+
+
+import click
+import gzip
+
+
+@click.command(help="Read an archive's content from a given position")
+@click.option('--archive-path', required=1,
+              help='Path to archive')
+@click.option('--start-position', required=1, type=click.INT, default=0,
+              help='Position to start from')
+@click.option('--read-lines', required=1, type=click.INT, default=10,
+              help='Number of lines to read (default to 10)')
+def main(archive_path, start_position, read_lines):
+    if start_position != 0:
+        start_position = (start_position - 1) * 41
+
+    with gzip.open(archive_path, 'rb') as f:
+        f.seek(start_position)
+
+        count = 1
+        for line in f:
+            print(line.decode('utf-8').rstrip())
+            count += 1
+            if count > read_lines:
+                break
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()