>>> f = open("test.txt",'r',encoding = 'utf-8')

>>> f.read(4)    # read the first 4 data

'This'

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>>> f.read(4)    # read the next 4 data

' is '

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>>> f.read()     # read in the rest till end of file

'my first file\nThis file\ncontains three lines\n'

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>>> f.read()  # further reading returns empty sting

''

with open("file.txt", "r") as txt_file:

  return txt_file.readlines()

f = open("demofile.txt", "r")

print(f.read()) 

f.close()

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#OR

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with open("demofile.txt","r") as file:

  print(file.read())

# How to read, and print to the screen a file in python!

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f = open('fileName', 'r')

print(f.read())

f.close()

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# Where "fileName" is obviously the name of your file that you want to read.

f = open("file_name", "r")

print(f.read())

#Read files with loop

#Replace (File path) with your text file's path

file = open("(File path)", "r")

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text = ""

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for line in file:

  text = "%s\n%s"%(text, line)

print(text)

with open('file.txt', 'r') as file:

    data = file.read()

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fileName = "file_name.txt" #Here you need to write the file name as a string

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openLike = "" #Here you need to write how do you want to open the file:

#"w": Write, "r": Read

openedFile = open("file_name.txt", openLike) #Here you open the file

fileText = openedFile.read() #This read all the file

openedFile.close() #Close the file

print(fileText) # Prints the file text

txt = open('FILENAME.txt')

txtread = txt.read()

print(txtread)

print(txt.read())

my_file = open("C:\\Users\\Python\\file.txt", "r")

#Give the path accurately and use \\

text = my_file.read()

print(text)

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#Output: The text in file.txt will be printed

fin = open("NAME.txt", 'r')

body = fin.read().split("\n")

line = fin.readline().strip()