[Tutor] opening files

[John Purser]

On Mon, 2006-09-25 at 12:55 -0600, max . wrote:
> hello i cant understand how to open text files with python
> i have tried tutorials and evrything i just cant get pleas help
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Hello Max,

my_file = open('c:\\path\to\file\file.txt', 'r')
my_file.readlines()
my_file.close()

Really, it's so simple it's hard to come up with directions.  Just do
it.

John Purser