This is stuff I typed into a file.
It is really cool stuff.
Lots and lots of fun to have in here.

from sys import argv 
 
 
script, filename = argv 
 
 
txt = open(filename) 
 
 
print "Here's your file %r:" % filename 
print txt.read() 
 
 
print "Type the filename again:" 
file_again = raw_input("> ") 
 
 
txt_again = open(file_again) 
 
 
print txt_again.read() 

root@he-desktop:~/mystuff# python ex15.py ex15_sample.txt

Here's your file 'ex15_sample.txt':

This is stuff I typed into a file.
It is really cool stuff.
Lots and lots of fun to have in here.

Type the filename again:
> ex15_sample.txt
This is stuff I typed into a file.
It is really cool stuff.
Lots and lots of fun to have in here.

from sys import argv 
 
 
script, filename = argv 
 
 
print "We're going to erase %r." % filename 
print "If you don't want that, hit CTRL-C (^C)." 
print "If you do want that, hot RETURN." 
 
 
raw_input("?") 
 
 
print "Opening the file..." 
target = open(filename, 'w') 
 
 
print "Truncating the file. Goodbye!!" 
target.truncate() 
 
 
print "Now I'm going to ask you for three lines." 
 
 
line1 = raw_input("line 1: ") 
line2 = raw_input("line 2: ") 
line3 = raw_input("line 3: ") 
 
 
print "I'm going to write these to the file." 
 
 
target.write(line1) 
target.write("
") 
target.write(line2) 
target.write("
") 
target.write(line3) 
target.write("
") 
 
 
print "And finally, we close it." 
target.close() 

root@he-desktop:~/mystuff# python ex16.py test.txt

We're going to erase 'test.txt'.
If you don't want that, hit CTRL-C (^C).
If you do want that, hot RETURN.
?
Opening the file...
Truncating the file. Goodbye!!
Now I'm going to ask you for three lines.
line 1: Hi!
line 2: Welcome to my blog!
line 3: Thank you!
I'm going to write these to the file.
And finally, we close it.