---
title: "SeekMode | Grafana k6 documentation"
description: "SeekMode is used to specify the position from which to seek in a file."
---

# SeekMode

The `SeekMode` enum specifies the position from which to [seek](/docs/k6/latest/javascript-api/k6-experimental/fs/file/seek/) in a file.

## Members

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| Member  | Value | Description                                 |
|---------|-------|---------------------------------------------|
| Start   | 0     | Seek from the start of the file.            |
| Current | 1     | Seek from the current position in the file. |
| End     | 2     | Seek from the end of the file.              |

## Example

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```javascript
import { open, SeekMode } from 'k6/experimental/fs';

const file = await open('bonjour.txt');

export default async function () {
  // Seek 6 bytes from the start of the file
  await file.seek(6, SeekMode.Start);

  // Seek 2 more bytes from the current position
  await file.seek(2, SeekMode.Current);

  // Seek backwards 2 bytes from the end of the file
  await file.seek(-2, SeekMode.End);
}
```