Reading and Writing Files in Python

Reading and Writing Files in Python — a practical guide to Python read write file with clear examples you can reuse in real projects.

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Choose modes carefully: `r`, `w`, `a`, `rb`, `wb`. Use encoding for text files.

Read and append

with open('notes.txt', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
    print(f.read())

with open('notes.txt', 'a', encoding='utf-8') as f:
    f.write('Another linen')