{"id":12490,"date":"2024-03-14T15:58:21","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T15:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-read-the-contents-of-a-txt-file-in-python\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T02:12:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T02:12:06","slug":"how-to-read-the-contents-of-a-txt-file-in-python","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-read-the-contents-of-a-txt-file-in-python\/","title":{"rendered":"Read Text File in Python: Quick Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Python, you can use the open() function to read the contents of a txt file.<\/p>\n<p>The sample code is as follows:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u6253\u5f00txt\u6587\u4ef6<\/span>\r\nfile = <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">open<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"example.txt\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"r\"<\/span>)\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u8bfb\u53d6\u6587\u4ef6\u5185\u5bb9<\/span>\r\ncontent = file.read()\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u8f93\u51fa\u6587\u4ef6\u5185\u5bb9<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">print<\/span>(content)\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u5173\u95ed\u6587\u4ef6<\/span>\r\nfile.close()\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The open() function takes two parameters, with the first parameter being the file name to open and the second parameter being the mode in which to open the file. 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