# How to read the data in .lqd file?

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**Created:** [February 7, 2024, 7:16am UTC](https://opentelemac.org/forum/t/how-to-read-the-data-in-lqd-file/7534 "2024-02-07T07:16:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 7:16am UTC](https://opentelemac.org/forum/t/how-to-read-the-data-in-lqd-file/7534/1 "2024-02-07T07:16:18Z")

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Hi [name removed],

I am working in Artemis model , chaining it with Tomawac using option 2. I am preparing liquid boundary file extracted using generate bnd option in converter.py file. But I could not see what data is in the .lqd file.

What are the ways available to see the data inside that file?

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**Author:** ![user\_63](https://opentelemac.org/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/c4cdca/32.png) [@user\_63](https://opentelemac.org/forum/u/user_63)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 7:58am UTC](https://opentelemac.org/forum/t/how-to-read-the-data-in-lqd-file/7534/2 "2024-02-07T07:58:46Z")

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Hi

As far as I know, there is no dedicated tools to see the data inside a file created in this manner.

By the way, as it’s a selafin file format, you could explore it with python scripts. The first step could be to using run\_telfile scan --data …

Hope this helps

PS: To be more precise, it’s a kind of degenerated selafin file (No triangle) then sometimes not supported by default existing selafin reader