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The read method

The read method reads a file and returns its contents. The optional parameter of the method can specify the number of bytes of the file that we need to read.

Syntax

file.read([number of bytes in a file])

Example

Let's open the file file.txt using the open function, and then read its contents:

res = open('file.txt', 'r') print(res.read())

The result of the executed code:

text

See also

  • method readline,
    which reads the first line of the file
  • method readlines,
    which reads all lines of a file
  • function open,
    which opens the file
  • method write,
    which writes a string to a file
  • method close,
    which closes the file
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