diff --git a/src/io.c b/src/io.c
index aa8f9c73..d06af9af 100644
--- a/src/io.c
+++ b/src/io.c
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ int Read_bytes(FILE *file, void *dest, size_t size)
 {
   return fread(dest, 1, size, file) == size;
 }
+// Read a line
+// returns -1 if OK, 0 in case of error
+int Read_byte_line(FILE *file, char *line, size_t size)
+{
+  return fgets(line, size, file) != NULL;
+}
 // Ecrit des octets
 // Renvoie -1 si OK, 0 en cas d'erreur
 int Write_bytes(FILE *file, void *src, size_t size)
@@ -727,4 +733,4 @@ int Remove_directory(const char * path)
 #else
   return rmdir(path);
 #endif
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/io.h b/src/io.h
index 9475adf5..e4b959bb 100644
--- a/src/io.h
+++ b/src/io.h
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ int Write_byte(FILE *file, byte b);
 
 /// Reads several bytes from an open file. Returns true if OK, false if a file i/o error occurred.
 int Read_bytes(FILE *file, void *dest, size_t size);
+// Read a line from an open file. Returns true if OK, false in case of error
+int Read_byte_line(FILE *file, char *line, size_t size);
 /// Writes several bytes to an open file. Returns true if OK, false if a file i/o error occurred.
 int Write_bytes(FILE *file, void *dest, size_t size);