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  Python : writing to a file Ganesh Pal <ganesh1pal@gmail.com> - 2015-01-10 20:44 +0530
    Re: Python : writing to a file Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-01-11 04:06 +1100

#83502 — Python : writing to a file

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Please provide you input on the below questions:


(a) I was expecting  the string i.e day of week , example Saturday to be
written in the file. what Iam I missing in the below program  ?

Program:

#!/usr/bin/python

import time
f = open ('test_2.txt','w+b')
DAY = time.strftime("%A")
f.write(DAY)
f.close()

Throttling-1# cat test_2.txt

(b) Iam trying to generate a file in the below format ,

cluster1# cat test_2.txt

Saturday 0:05 0:10
Saturday 0:10 0:20
Saturday 0:20 0:30
Saturday 0:40 0:50
Saturday 0:60 0:70

(a) what is the easiest way to generate the above file fprmat ?

(b) how will I take care that the below format is repeated in the .txt file
  ( i.e column and row spacing)

    DAY OF THE WEEK  [SPACE] START TIME [ SPACE] ENDTIME{SPACE]


(c) how do I  add START TIME [ SPACE] ENDTIME{SPACE] columns



Regards,
Ganesh

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Ganesh Pal wrote:

> Throttling-1# cat test_2.txt

Are you running these scripts as root? That could be a bad idea. If you have
a bug in your code, as often happens when coding, who knows what it might
do. E.g. if you put in the wrong pathname, you could overwrite important
files. You should always do your coding as a regular user, not root.


-- 
Steven

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