python的xxx.replace()不会改变xxx的值

def replace_method_1(i):
    modify_file = open(i,'r ')
    line_len_sum=0
    while (1):
        line_tmp = modify_file.readline()
        if not line_tmp :
            break

        line_len = len(line_tmp)
        if 'abcd' in line_tmp:
            modify_file.seek(line_len_sum,os.SEEK_SET) 
            line_tmp = line_tmp.replace('abcd','nice')     #replace not change line_tmp,must assign to line_tmp
            modify_file.write(line_tmp)
            line_len_sum = line_tmp_sum line_len
        else:
            line_len_sum = line_tmp_sum line_len
            continue
    modify_file.close()