import os file=open("123.txt","r") for line in file.readlines(): print line, file.close() file=open("123.txt","w") file.write("sdfsdfsdf") file.close() file=open("123.txt","a") file.write("erertyerty") file.close() file=open("123.txt","r") for line in file.readlines(): print line, file.close()