# newbie, ?

**URL:** <https://community.sparkfun.com/t/newbie/28495>\
**Category:** Arduino\
**Created:** [March 23, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/newbie/28495 "2014-03-23T02:10:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Eos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eos](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/Eos)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/newbie/28495/1 "2014-03-23T02:10:39Z")

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Can I read the loaded progam within a Pro Mini ?

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**Author:** ![Valen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@Valen](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/Valen)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/newbie/28495/2 "2014-03-24T15:57:29Z")

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Apearantly yes, …but not read it in the way that you wrote the sketch. Only as a hex file, containing the numbers that make up the (flash)memory of the arduino. Not as commands you can understand.

**[Warning]**! Improper use of avrdude might break your Arduino bootloader! Not advised for beginners.

[http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php/topic,6150.0.html](http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php/topic,6150.0.html)

Why do you need to read it? Or what do you want to do with the result?