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Re: Python path and append

From John Gordon <gordon@panix.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Python path and append
Date 2016-04-25 21:26 +0000
Organization PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
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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')

-- 
John Gordon                   A is for Amy, who fell down the stairs
gordon@panix.com              B is for Basil, assaulted by bears
                                -- Edward Gorey, "The Gashlycrumb Tinies"

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Python path and append Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2016-04-19 18:29 -0400
  Re: Python path and append Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-04-20 08:38 +1000
  Re: Python path and append Matthew Barnett <mrabarnett@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2016-04-20 00:36 +0100
  Re: Python path and append Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2016-04-25 14:10 -0400
    Re: Python path and append Rob Gaddi <rgaddi@highlandtechnology.invalid> - 2016-04-25 18:24 +0000
      Re: Python path and append Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2016-04-25 15:00 -0400
        RE: Python path and append Joaquin Alzola <Joaquin.Alzola@lebara.com> - 2016-04-25 19:08 +0000
          Re: Python path and append Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2016-04-25 16:15 -0400
            Re: Python path and append Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2016-04-25 16:28 -0400
            Re: Python path and append Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2016-04-25 23:38 +0200
            Re: Python path and append Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-04-25 19:57 -0400
        Re: Python path and append Rob Gaddi <rgaddi@highlandtechnology.invalid> - 2016-04-25 19:31 +0000
        Re: Python path and append MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2016-04-25 20:44 +0100
          Re: Python path and append Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2016-04-25 16:43 -0400
        Re: Python path and append Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-04-26 11:51 +1000
          Re: Python path and append Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2016-04-26 01:59 +0000
          Re: Python path and append Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-04-26 18:23 +1200
          Re: Python path and append boB Stepp <robertvstepp@gmail.com> - 2016-04-29 15:26 -0500
            Re: Python path and append Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-04-30 11:44 +1000
    Re: Python path and append John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2016-04-25 21:26 +0000
      Re: Python path and append Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2016-04-25 18:04 -0400
        Re: Python path and append Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-04-25 20:03 -0400
        Re: Python path and append Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-04-26 11:53 +1000
          Re: Python path and append Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2016-04-26 22:56 -0400
            Re: Python path and append Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-04-27 13:06 +1000
            Re: Python path and append Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> - 2016-04-27 17:24 -0700
      Re: Python path and append Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-04-26 10:25 +1000

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