Intel® Fortran Compiler 16.0 User and Reference Guide
The forms for stream READ statements take the same forms as sequential READ statements. A POS specifier may be present to specify at what file position the READ will start.
You can impose a record structure on a formatted, sequential stream by using a new-line character as a record terminator (see intrinsic function NEW_LINE). There is no record structure in an unformatted, sequential stream.
The INQUIRE statement can be used with the POS specifier to determine the current file position in a stream file.
The following example shows stream READ statements:
READ (12 ) I !stream reading without POS= specifier READ (12,POS=10) J !stream reading with POS= specifier