File Handling
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Reading and Writing Files
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The Core Concept
File handling allows your Python script to read data from local files and write results back to files. Python provides built-in functions to open, read, write, and append to files.
Visual guide
Python automation process
A simple original diagram to connect the lesson idea with real project flow.
Code & Implementation
with open("example.txt", "w") as file:
file.write("Hello File!")
with open("example.txt", "r") as file:
content = file.read()
print(content)Expected Output
Hello File!
File Organizer
Hands-on practice task
The Challenge
Write a script that scans a specific directory and organizes files into sub-folders based on their file extensions (e.g., .txt into a 'Text' folder, .jpg into an 'Images' folder).
Helpful Hints
- •Use the 'os' and 'shutil' modules.
- •Use os.listdir() to get all files in a folder.
- •Extract the file extension and use os.makedirs() to create the target folder if it doesn't exist.
- •Use shutil.move() to relocate the files.
Quick Knowledge Check
What is FileNotFoundError?
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Next steps after this lesson
Write a script that scans a specific directory and organizes files into sub-folders based on their file extensions (e.g., .txt into a 'Text' folder, .jpg into an 'Images' folder).
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