diff --git a/R/laydi/R/laydi.R b/R/laydi/R/laydi.R
index b6fc85a..1b5ef17 100644
--- a/R/laydi/R/laydi.R
+++ b/R/laydi/R/laydi.R
@@ -42,4 +42,20 @@ write.laydi.selection <- function(data, con) {
         close(con)
 }
 
+read.laydi.selection <- function(con) {
+    # If con is a file name, open it 
+    opened.here = FALSE
+    if (is.character(con)){
+        con = file(con)
+        opened.here = TRUE 
+    }
+    
+    ids <- readLines(con=con, encoding="UTF-8")
+    
+    # If con was a string, close file now 
+    if (opened.here)
+        close(con)
+
+    ids
+}
 
diff --git a/R/laydi/man/read.laydi.selection.Rd b/R/laydi/man/read.laydi.selection.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1e5a20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/laydi/man/read.laydi.selection.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+\name{read.laydi.selection}
+\alias{read.laydi.selection}
+\title{read.laydi.selection}
+\description{
+Reads a list of identifiers from a file.
+}
+\usage{
+read.laydi.selection(con)
+}
+\arguments{
+  \item{con}{
+     Connection (or file name) to read from. If con is a character string, it
+     will be treated as a file name, and the file will be opened, read and
+     closed.  If con is an open connection (file descriptor), the file will
+     remain open.
+  }
+}
+
+\details{
+%%  ~~ If necessary, more details than the description above ~~
+}
+\value{
+%%  ~Describe the value returned
+%%  If it is a LIST, use
+%%  \item{comp1 }{Description of 'comp1'}
+%%  \item{comp2 }{Description of 'comp2'}
+%% ...
+}
+\references{
+Laydi and the laydi R package are not published in the litterature. Source code
+can be found at http://dev.pvv.ntnu.no/projects/laydi
+}
+\author{
+Einar Ryeng
+}
+\note{
+%%  ~~further notes~~
+}
+
+%% ~Make other sections like Warning with \section{Warning }{....} ~
+
+\seealso{
+%% ~~objects to See Also as \code{\link{help}}, ~~~
+}
+\examples{
+
+read.laydi.selection("/tmp/selected_samples")
+
+}
+
+\keyword{ IO }
+\keyword{ file }
+
diff --git a/R/laydi/man/write.laydi.selection.Rd b/R/laydi/man/write.laydi.selection.Rd
index 8558bed..47a508d 100644
--- a/R/laydi/man/write.laydi.selection.Rd
+++ b/R/laydi/man/write.laydi.selection.Rd
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Einar Ryeng
 }
 \examples{
 
-write.laydi.selection(c("sample1", "sample2", "sample3", "/tmp/selected_samples"))
+write.laydi.selection(c("sample1", "sample2", "sample3"), "/tmp/selected_samples")
 
 }