Python Tutorial : File Objects - Reading and Writing to Files

File Objects

create a file called demo.txt in the same directory as my Python file. Then let’s see how we can open and read this file from within Python now.

OPEN FILES:

f = open('demo.txt', 'r')

print(f.name)

f.close()

Here ‘r’ just for reading, ‘w’ just for writing and ‘r+’ for reading and writing

Remember to close the file that you open.

with open('demo.txt','r') as f:
	pass

In this way, you don’t need to close the file.

READ FILES :

f.read()

with open('demo.txt','r') as f:
    f_contents = f.read()
    print(f_contents)
    #print out all of the contents of our file

with open('demo.txt','r') as f:
    f_contents = f.read(10)
    print(f_contents)
    #print out 10 characters of our file

f.readline()

with open('demo.txt','r') as f:
    f_contents = f.readlines()
    print(f_contents)
    #get the next line in our file

LOOP

with open('demo.txt','r') as f:
    for line in f:
        print(line, end=' ')

with open('demo.txt','r') as f:
    size_to_read = 5
    f_contents = f.read(size_to_read)
    while len(f_contents) > 0:
        print(f_contents, end='@')
        f_contents = f.read(size_to_read)
#divide the content with 'size_to_read'

f.tell()

return the postion in the file

f.seek(#int)

set position

WRITE FILES:

with open('demo2.txt','w') as f:
    pass

If this file didn’t exit, this will create it.
If this file already exited, this will overwrite it.

COPY TEXT

with open('demo.txt','r') as rf:
    with open('demo2.txt','w') as wf:
        for line in rf:
            wf.write(line)

COPY PICTURE

with open('1.jpg', 'rb') as rf:
    with open('2.jpg', 'wb') as wf:
        for line in rf:
            wf.write(line)

‘b’ for binary mode

with open('1.jpg', 'rb') as rf:
    with open('2.jpg', 'wb') as wf:
        chunk_size = 4096
        rf_chunk = rf.read(chunk_size)
        while len(rf_chunk) > 0:
            wf.write(rf_chunk)
            rf_chunk = rf.read(chunk_size)

for more information in docs.python.org