Working with files in Python

File handling &it is basically managing files on the filesystem. Each operating system has its own way of storing files.

Working with files in Python is useful to work with because we don’t have to worry about the underlying operating system, its rules, and file system operations.

1. open () function

The open () function is used to open a file in a specific mode.

Essentially, it creates a file object that can be used for further manipulation.

Syntax:
open (file_name, mode)
Various file open modes:

• r: Read
• w: write
• a: add
• r +: read and write

Initially, we need to create a file and place it in the same directory, as the script.

Demo.txt
Welcome to the programming world!  
Execute_file.py

 demo_file = open (’Demo.txt’,’ r’) # This statement will print every line in the file for x in demo_file: print (x) # close the file, very important demo_file .close ()  
 Exit: 
  Welcome to the programming world!  
 Here Execute_file.py opens the Demo.txt file and prints all content line by line. 
 
 2. read () function 
 
 The read () function is used to read the contents of a file. To achieve the same, we need to open the file in read mode. 
 
 demo_file = open ("Demo.txt", "r") print ( demo_file.read ()) demo_file.close () 
 
 Exit: 
  Welcome to the programming world!  
 
 3. write () function 
 
 The write () function is used to write to a file and make changes to it. 
 
 demo_file = open (’Demo.txt’,’ w’) demo_file.write ("Hello Everyone !.") demo_file.write ("Engineering Discipline.") Demo_file.close () 
 
 Output: when we open the file Demo.txt, we see the changes reflected here. 
  Hello Everyone !. 
 Engineering Discipline.  
 
 4. append () 
 
 demo_file = open (’Demo.txt’,’ a’) demo_file.write ("Statement added to the end of the file .. ") demo_file.close () 
 
 Output: 
  Hello Everyone !. 
 Engineering Discipline. 
 Statement added to the end of the file. .  
 5. split () 
 
 The split () function is used to split lines in a file. It is stripped as soon as it is encountered in a script. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Demo.txt 
 
 Hello Everyone !. Engineering Discipline. Statement added to the end of the file .. 
 
 Execute_file.py 
 
 with open ("Demo.txt", "r") as demo_file: demo_d ata = demo_file.readlines () for line in demo_data: result = line.split () print (result) 
 
 Output: 
 
 [’ Hello’, ’Everyone! .’] [’ Engineering’, ’Discipline.’] [’ Statement’, ’added’,’ to’, ’the’,’ end’, ’of’,’ the’, ’file..’] 
 
 6. close () 
 
 The  close ()  function is used to close manipulations with a specific file in it. 
 
 After writing to a file, unless we call the close ( ), all data written to the file will not be saved in it. 
 
 It is always recommended to close the file after we are done with it to free up resources. 
 
 Syntax: 
 file-name.close() 
 
 7. Rename () function 
 
 The os module provides a  rename ()  method to change the name of a specific file. 
 
 Syntax: 
  os.rename (current_name, new_name)  
 
 8. remove () method 
 
 The os module provides a  remove ()  method to remove the file specified as input. 
 
 import os os.remove (’Demo.txt’) 
 
 Before executing the remove () method 
 
  
 
 Output: after executing the remove () method 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

    
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