Read and Write File with Python

Basic read and write file with python 3.x.

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test.txt

This is first line content.
This is second line content.
This is third line content.

Open and Read Files

file = open('test.txt', 'r')
print(file.read())
file.close()

‘r’ means read, it is default value, we can use file = open(‘test.txt’) as well . use file.close() to close file.

output:

This is first line content.
This is second line content.
This is third line content.

Write/Create File

f = open('test2.txt', 'w')
f.write('This is line content.')
f.close()

‘w’ means create new or overwrite file content. We can use ‘a’ for append in the end of file content.