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8 Practical Uses for the Python os Module

os.path.join (folder, filename) ensures the path is correct for the system. On Windows, it uses backslashes (reports\summary.txt); on Linux and macOS it uses forward slashes (reports/summary.txt).
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Part 5: Importing Data and Writing Files

Since the creation of python reading in files has become much easier with each update and with each added package. To work with csv and xlsx files the easiest package is the pandas package because it ...
Linux Journal

Extract and Parse ODF Files with Python

The Open Document Format (ODF) Alliance is designed for sharing information between different word processing applications. This article highlights the basic structure of ODF files, some internals of ...
Linux Journal

Handling CSV Files in Python

As a buddy of mine always says "the nice thing about standards is that there's so many to choose from". Take CSV files for example. CSV, of course, stands for "Comma Separated Values", more often than ...
Ars Technica

How can I write a null byte to a file in Python?

So I have a program in Python for use on a Linux machine that's dealing with binary data flowing through what may be a Linux FIFO.<BR><BR>I'm using Avinash Kak's BitVector to modify the data as it ...