1 #! /usr/bin/python 2 # Filename:using_file.py 3 4 poem = ''' 5 Programming is fun 6 When the work is done 7 if you wanna make your work also fun: 8 use Pyhon! 9 ''' 10 11 f = file('poem.txt', 'w') # open for 'w'riting 12 f.write(poem) # write text to file 13 f.close() # close the file 14 15 f = file('poem.txt') 16 # if no mode is sepecified, 'r'ead mode is assumed by default 17 while True: 18 line = f.readline() 19 if len(line) == 0: # zero length indecates eof 20 break 21 print line, 22 # notice comma to avoid automatic newline added by python 23 24 f.close() # close the file