espnet2.fileio.read_text.read_2columns_text

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espnet2.fileio.read_text.read_2columns_text(path: Path | str) → Dict[str, str]

Read a text file having 2 columns as dict object.

This function reads a text file where each line contains two columns, separated by whitespace. The first column is treated as the key and the second column as the value. It returns a dictionary mapping each key to its corresponding value. If duplicate keys are found, a RuntimeError is raised.

• Parameters:path (Union *[*Path , str ]) – The path to the text file to be read.
• Returns: A dictionary containing key-value pairs from the text file.
• Return type: Dict[str, str]
• Raises:RuntimeError – If a duplicate key is found in the text file.

Examples

Given a file named wav.scp with the following content: : key1 /some/path/a.wav key2 /some/path/b.wav

The function can be called as follows: : ```python

read_2columns_text('wav.scp')

##### NOTE
The function expects the text file to be encoded in UTF-8.