def read_pattern(self, patterns, reverse=False,
                     terminate_on_match=False, postprocess=str):
        """
        General pattern reading. Uses monty's regrep method. Takes the same
        arguments.

        Args:
            patterns (dict): A dict of patterns, e.g.,
                {"energy": r"energy\\(sigma->0\\)\\s+=\\s+([\\d\\-.]+)"}.
            reverse (bool): Read files in reverse. Defaults to false. Useful for
                large files, esp OUTCARs, especially when used with
                terminate_on_match.
            terminate_on_match (bool): Whether to terminate when there is at
                least one match in each key in pattern.
            postprocess (callable): A post processing function to convert all
                matches. Defaults to str, i.e., no change.

        Renders accessible:
            Any attribute in patterns. For example,
            {"energy": r"energy\\(sigma->0\\)\\s+=\\s+([\\d\\-.]+)"} will set the
            value of self.data["energy"] = [[-1234], [-3453], ...], to the
            results from regex and postprocess. Note that the returned
            values are lists of lists, because you can grep multiple
            items on one line.
        """
        matches = regrep(self.filename, patterns, reverse=reverse,
                         terminate_on_match=terminate_on_match,
                         postprocess=postprocess)
        self.data.update(matches)