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Re: Appending an asterisk to the end of each line

From MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Appending an asterisk to the end of each line
Date 2016-07-06 00:03 +0100
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On 2016-07-05 23:05, Seymore4Head wrote:
> 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')
>
>
> I just tried to reuse this program that was posted several months ago.
> I am using a text flie that is about 200 lines long and have named it
> win.txt.  The file it creates when I run the program is win_new.txt
> but it's empty.
>
Although it creates a file called "win_new.txt", it then renames it to 
"win.txt", so "win_new.txt" shouldn't exist.

Of course, if there's already a file called "win_old.txt", then the 
first rename will raise an exception, and you'll have "win_new.txt" and 
the original "win.txt".

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Appending an asterisk to the end of each line Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2016-07-05 18:05 -0400
  Re: Appending an asterisk to the end of each line Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2016-07-05 18:27 -0400
    Re: Appending an asterisk to the end of each line Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2016-07-05 18:29 -0400
      Re: Appending an asterisk to the end of each line Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2016-07-05 18:40 -0400
        Re: Appending an asterisk to the end of each line Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2016-07-05 19:04 -0400
          Re: Appending an asterisk to the end of each line Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-07-06 09:38 +1000
            Re: Appending an asterisk to the end of each line Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2016-07-05 19:49 -0400
  Re: Appending an asterisk to the end of each line MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2016-07-06 00:03 +0100
    Re: Appending an asterisk to the end of each line Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2016-07-05 19:15 -0400
  Re: Appending an asterisk to the end of each line Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2016-07-05 19:15 -0400
    Re: Appending an asterisk to the end of each line Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2016-07-05 19:29 -0400
      Re: Appending an asterisk to the end of each line Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2016-07-05 19:45 -0400
        Re: Appending an asterisk to the end of each line MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2016-07-06 01:05 +0100
          Re: Appending an asterisk to the end of each line Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2016-07-05 20:05 -0400
            Re: Appending an asterisk to the end of each line MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2016-07-06 03:15 +0100
            Re: Appending an asterisk to the end of each line Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-07-06 12:35 +1000
  Re: Appending an asterisk to the end of each line Larry Hudson <orgnut@yahoo.com> - 2016-07-05 21:37 -0700
    Re: Appending an asterisk to the end of each line cs@zip.com.au - 2016-07-06 15:35 +1000

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