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From: John Gordon <gordon@panix.com>
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Subject: Re: Python path and append
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 21:26:34 +0000 (UTC)
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In <27nshbp40p1llr231dqm31p754tvurkb8i@4ax.com> Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> writes:

> On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 18:29:38 -0400, Seymore4Head
> <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> wrote:

> I am going to forget using a directory path.
> I would like to take the file win.txt and append a space and the *
> symbol.

> f = open('win.txt', 'r+')
> for line in f:
>     f.read(line)
>     f.write(line+" *")

> This doesn't work.  Would someone fix it please?  It is for a task I
> am trying to accomplish just for a home task.

It's much easier to create a new file and then rename it afterwards,
instead of rewriting the original file.

    import os

    f_in = open('win.txt', 'r')
    f_out = open('win_new.txt', 'w')

    for line in f_in.read().splitlines():
        f_out.write(line + " *\n")

    f_in.close()
    f_out.close()

    os.rename('win.txt', 'win_old.txt')
    os.rename('win_new.txt', 'win.txt')

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