On 19/11/11 15:33, Joe Batt wrote: > file=open('///Users/joebatt/Desktop/banner.p.webarchive','r') Try opening it on binary mode. Pickle files are not plain text. > a=pickle.load(file) > file.close() > print (a) -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/