from mock import patch, mock_open
proc_data = """ 8 0 sda 2247890 261640 106278904 1171596
27420712 26940332 2070154732 47610592 0 7245308 48791236"""
print 'Lines:'
with patch('__main__.open', mock_open(read_data=proc_data), create=True):
with open('foo', 'r') as fh:
for line in fh:
print line
print ''
print 'Read:'
with patch('__main__.open', mock_open(read_data=proc_data), create=True):
with open('foo', 'r') as fh:
print fh.read()
# Output:
# Lines:
#
# Read:
# 8 0 sda 2247890 261640 106278904 1171596
# 27420712 26940332 2070154732 47610592 0 7245308 48791236