# 4.6.3.2.5. eqcorrscan.core.match_filter.read_detections

`eqcorrscan.core.match_filter.``read_detections`(fname)

  Read detections from a file to a list of Detection objects.

  Parameters: | fname (str) File to read from, must be a file written to by Detection.write.
  Returns: | list of `eqcorrscan.core.match_filter.Detection`
  Return type: | list

  Note

  `eqcorrscan.core.match_filter.Detection`‘s returned do not contain Detection.event