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Python File Handling Guide with Examples

This document provides a comprehensive guide on Python file handling, detailing various modes for opening files, standard functions for accessing file contents, and methods for reading and writing files. It also covers file management tasks such as renaming and deleting files using the os module. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of closing files properly and using context managers for better resource management.

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Python File Handling Guide with Examples

This document provides a comprehensive guide on Python file handling, detailing various modes for opening files, standard functions for accessing file contents, and methods for reading and writing files. It also covers file management tasks such as renaming and deleting files using the os module. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of closing files properly and using context managers for better resource management.

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Python File Handling - Full Detailed Explanation with Examples

1. Opening Files in Different Modes

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open("filename", "mode")

Modes:

- "r" : Read

- "w" : Write (overwrites)

- "a" : Append

- "b" : Binary mode

- "x" : Create new file

- "r+" : Read and Write

Example:

file = open("[Link]", "r")

file = open("[Link]", "w")

file = open("[Link]", "a")

file = open("[Link]", "rb")

file = open("[Link]", "x")

2. Accessing File Contents Using Standard Functions

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- read() -> reads entire content

- readline() -> reads one line

- readlines() -> reads all lines into list


Example:

file = open("[Link]", "r")

print([Link]())

[Link]()

3. Reading and Writing Files

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Writing:

file = open("[Link]", "w")

[Link]("Hello World\n")

[Link]()

Appending:

file = open("[Link]", "a")

[Link]("\nAdding a new line")

[Link]()

4. Closing a File

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Always close using [Link]()

Using with:

with open("[Link]", "r") as file:

print([Link]())

5. Renaming and Deleting Files


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import os

Renaming:

[Link]("[Link]", "new_sample.txt")

Deleting:

if [Link]("new_sample.txt"):

[Link]("new_sample.txt")

else:

print("The file does not exist.")

6. File Related Standard Functions

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| Function | Example |

|--------------------|----------------------------------|

| open() | open("[Link]", "r") |

| read() | [Link]() |

| readline() | [Link]() |

| readlines() | [Link]() |

| write() | [Link]("text") |

| writelines() | [Link](["line1\n"]) |

| close() | [Link]() |

| [Link]() | [Link]("[Link]", "[Link]") |

| [Link]() | [Link]("[Link]") |

| [Link]() | [Link]("[Link]") |

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