Working with files
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/shows/more-python-for-beginners/working-with-files–more-python-for-beginners-14-of-20
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/shows/more-python-for-beginners/using-with-to-automatically-close-resources–more-python-for-beginners-16-of-20
# Read a file
stream = open('requirements.txt', 'rt')
print('Is file stream readable? ' + str(stream.readable()))
print('Read first letter: ' + stream.read(1))
print('Read first line: ' + stream.readline())
print('Read the rest of file: ' + str(stream.readlines()))
stream.close()
# write a file
write_stream = open('requirements.txt', 'at')
write_stream.write('\n')
write_stream.write('apa')
write_stream.writelines(['che', ' httpd'])
write_stream.close()
# manage the stream
new_file = open('demo.txt', 'wt')
name = ['Jack Ma', 'Pony Ma', 'Zhenyi Sun']
new_file.write('\n'.join(name))
new_file.seek(0)
new_file.write('jACK')
new_file.flush()
new_file.close()
# use 'with' to automatically close the file
try:
demo_stream = open('demo.txt', 'wt')
demo_stream.write('add a new line')
finally:
demo_stream.close()
# ==> equal to following
with open('demo.txt', 'wt') as stream:
stream.write('add second line')
Is file stream readable? True
Read first letter: c
Read first line: olorama
Read the rest of file: ['pylint\n', 'apache httpd\n']