[Tutor] write to a file in linux

[Tim Wilson]

On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 03:55:48PM -0400, Watt III, Glenn wrote:
> I am trying to write a script in which i write and save a new file in
> linux i ran across tutorial that looks kind of out dated but gave me a
> point in the right direction heres what i have
> 
> >>> import os
> 
> >>> wrt = os.open("an/interesting/filename.py", "w")
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> TypeError: an integer is required

Try this:

import os
wrt = open("filename", "w")
wrt.write('Here is the text to write.')
wrt.close()

In your example 'wrt' is called a file handle. Any manipulating of the
file occurs by specifying the name of the file handle first (See the
write command above). You'll see a lot of examples that use 'f' as the
file handle name.

-Tim

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