File Handling in Python — Chapter Summary

A file is a named location

A file is a named location on secondary storage where data are permanently stored for later access.

A text file contains only textual

A text file contains only textual information. It stores the ASCII equivalent of contents and is usually human readable. Examples include files with e

A binary file stores actual content

A binary file stores actual content as bytes, not ASCII character values. It is used for image, audio, video, compressed, and executable files.

open() creates a file object

open() creates a file object, also called a file handle. The syntax is file_object= open(file_name, access_mode). If the file does not exist, a new em

close() closes the file using file_object

close() closes the file using file_object.close(). It frees memory and other resources allocated to the file and flushes unwritten data.