diff --git a/swash/readswash.py b/swash/readswash.py
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--- a/swash/readswash.py
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-import numpy as np
-
-
-def readswash(filename, nx, nlay):
-    with open(filename, "r") as f:
-        content = f.readlines()
-    fsurf = []
-    klay = np.zeros((7203, nlay+1, nx))
-    brkp = []
-    Vxfield = np.zeros((7203, nlay+1, nx))
-    Vyfield = np.zeros((7203, nlay+1, nx))
-    Vzfield = np.zeros((7203, nlay+1, nx))
-    ts = []
-    t = 0
-    for i in range(len(content)):
-        if (
-            content[i][33:93]
-            == "Layer interface                                         k=00"
-        ):
-            layint0 = content[i + 7].split(".")
-            layint1 = content[i + 12].split(".")
-            surftemp = (
-                [float(layint0[0].split()[1])]
-                + layint0[1:-1]
-                + [float(layint1[0].split()[1])]
-                + layint1[1:-1]
-            )
-            j = 0
-            while j < len(surftemp):
-                surftemp[j] = float(surftemp[j])
-                j += 1
-            fsurf.append(np.asarray(surftemp) / 10)
-        if content[i][33:56] == "Flow velocity per layer":
-            k = int(content[i][83:85])
-            layint0 = content[i + 7].split(".")
-            layint1 = content[i + 12].split(".")
-            vktemp = (
-                [float(layint0[0].split()[1])]
-                + layint0[1:-1]
-                + [float(layint1[0].split()[1])]
-                + layint1[1:-1]
-            )
-            j = 0
-            while j < len(vktemp):
-                try:
-                    vktemp[j] = float(vktemp[j])
-                except:
-                    # vktemp[j] = float(vktemp[j][-5:])
-                    vktemp[j] = 0
-                j += 1
-            if content[i][87:88] == "X":
-                Vxfield[t, k, :] = np.asarray(vktemp) / 1000
-            else:
-                Vyfield[t, k, :] = np.asarray(vktemp) / 1000
-        if content[i][33:56] == "Velocity in z-direction":
-            k = int(content[i][91:93])
-            layint0 = content[i + 7].split(".")
-            layint1 = content[i + 12].split(".")
-            vktemp = (
-                [float(layint0[0].split()[1])]
-                + layint0[1:-1]
-                + [float(layint1[0].split()[1])]
-                + layint1[1:-1]
-            )
-            j = 0
-            while j < len(vktemp):
-                try:
-                    vktemp[j] = float(vktemp[j])
-                except:
-                    vktemp[j] = 0.0
-                j += 1
-            Vzfield[t, k, : len(vktemp)] = np.asarray(vktemp) / 1000
-            Vzfield[t, k, len(vktemp) :] = np.zeros(nx - len(vktemp))
-        if content[i][33:48] == "Layer interface":
-            k = int(content[i][91:93])
-            layint0 = content[i + 7].split(".")
-            layint1 = content[i + 12].split(".")
-            layktemp = (
-                [float(layint0[0].split()[1])]
-                + layint0[1:-1]
-                + [float(layint1[0].split()[1])]
-                + layint1[1:-1]
-            )
-            j = 0
-            while j < len(layktemp):
-                layktemp[j] = float(layktemp[j])
-                j += 1
-            klay[t, k, :] = np.asarray(layktemp) / 10
-        if content[i][33:52] == "wave breaking point":
-            br0 = content[i + 7].split(".")
-            br1 = content[i + 12].split(".")
-            brtemp = (
-                [float(br0[0].split()[1])]
-                + br0[1:-1]
-                + [float(br1[0].split()[1])]
-                + br1[1:-1]
-            )
-            j = 0
-            while j < len(brtemp):
-                brtemp[j] = float(brtemp[j])
-                j += 1
-            brkp.append(np.asarray(brtemp))
-        if content[i][33:68] == "Time in seconds from reference time":
-            ts.append(float(content[i + 1][7:16]))
-            t += 1
-
-    return fsurf, Vxfield, Vyfield, Vzfield, brkp, klay
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    print(readswash("test.txt", 1250, 10))