{"id":6174,"date":"2024-03-14T03:56:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T03:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-python-display-the-contents-of-a-file\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T00:19:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T00:19:15","slug":"how-can-python-display-the-contents-of-a-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-python-display-the-contents-of-a-file\/","title":{"rendered":"Python Read File: Complete Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To output the contents of a file, you can use the built-in function open() in Python to open the file, then use the read() or readlines() method to read the contents of the file, and finally print it out or perform other operations. Here is a simple example code:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u6253\u5f00\u6587\u4ef6<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">with<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">open<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"file.txt\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"r\"<\/span>) <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">as<\/span> file:\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u8bfb\u53d6\u6587\u4ef6\u5185\u5bb9<\/span>\r\n    content = file.read()\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u6253\u5370\u6587\u4ef6\u5185\u5bb9<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">print<\/span>(content)\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the code above, the open() function is used to open a file named &#8220;file.txt&#8221; in read mode (&#8220;r&#8221;). 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