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How to compare two text files in python?

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Python has provided the methods to manipulate files that too in a very concise manner. In this article we are going to discuss one of the ap...read more

Read content from one file and write it into another file

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Last Updated: 03 January 2021

Prerequisite: Reading and Writing to text files in PythonPython provides inbuilt functions for creating, writing, and reading files. Two typ...read more

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Save a dictionary to a file

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A dictionary in Python is a collection where every value is mapped to a key. They are unordered, mutable and there is no constraint on the d...read more

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How to open and close a file in Python

Last Updated: 02 August 2022

There might arise a situation where one needs to interact with external files with Python. Python provides inbuilt functions for creating, w...read more

Python - Get number of characters, words, spaces and lines in a file

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Given a text file fname, the task is to count the total number of characters, words, spaces, and lines in the file. Python - Get number of c...read more

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File flush() method in Python

Last Updated: 13 July 2022

The flush() method in Python file handling clears the internal buffer of the file. In Python, files are automatically flushed while closing ...read more

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Python - Reading last N lines of a file

Last Updated: 20 July 2021

Prerequisite: Read a file line-by-line in PythonGiven a text file fname, a number N, the task is to read the last N lines of the file.As we ...read more

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Extract numbers from a text file and add them using Python

Last Updated: 20 February 2023

Python too supports file handling and allows users to handle files i.e., to read and write files, along with many other file handling option ...read more

Python program to read character by character from a file

Last Updated: 28 August 2023

Python is a great language for file handling, and it provides built-in functions to make reading files easy with which we can read file char...read more

HDF5 files in Python

Last Updated: 28 June 2021

HDF5 file stands for Hierarchical Data Format 5. It is an open-source file which comes in handy to store large amount of data. As the name s...read more

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Delete an entire directory tree using Python | shutil.rmtree() method

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Shutil module in Python provides many functions of high-level operations on files and collections of files. It comes under Python’s standa...read more

Python: Check if a directory is empty

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Python is a widely used general-purpose, high-level programming language. It provides many functionalities and one among them is checking wh ...read more

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Copy a directory recursively using Python (with examples)

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Shutil module in Python provides many functions of high-level operations on files and collections of files. It comes under Python’s standa...read more

Python | Move or Copy Files and Directories

Last Updated: 29 December 2020

Let's say we want to copy or move files and directories around, but don’t want to do it by calling out to shell commands. The shutil modul ...read more

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