code: def read_cache(cachefile, coltype=LIGOTimeGPS, sort=None, segment=None):
      
      # open file
      if not isinstance(cachefile, FILE_LIKE):
          with open(file_path(cachefile), 'r') as fobj:
              return read_cache(fobj, coltype=coltype, sort=sort,
                                segment=segment)
  
      # read file
      cache = [x.path for x in _iter_cache(cachefile, gpstype=coltype)]
  
      # sieve and sort
      if segment:
          cache = sieve(cache, segment=segment)
      if sort:
          cache.sort(key=sort)
  
      # read simple paths
      return cache
docs: Read a LAL- or FFL-format cache file as a list of file paths
  
      Parameters
      ----------
      cachefile : `str`, `file`
          Input file or file path to read.
  
      coltype : `LIGOTimeGPS`, `int`, optional
          Type for GPS times.
  
      sort : `callable`, optional
          A callable key function by which to sort the output list of file paths
  
      segment : `gwpy.segments.Segment`, optional
          A GPS `[start, stop)` interval, if given only files overlapping this
          interval will be returned.
  
      Returns
      -------
      paths : `list` of `str`
          A list of file paths as read from the cache file.