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Step-by-Step Guide to Reading Different Files in Python

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 In the world of data science, automation, and general programming, working with files is unavoidable. Whether you’re dealing with CSV reports, JSON APIs, Excel sheets, or text logs, Python provides rich and easy-to-use libraries for reading different file formats. In this guide, we’ll explore how to read different files in Python , with code examples and best practices. 1. Reading Text Files ( .txt ) Text files are the simplest form of files. Python’s built-in open() function handles them effortlessly. Example: # Open and read a text file with open ( "sample.txt" , "r" ) as file: content = file.read() print (content) Explanation: "r" mode means read . with open() automatically closes the file when done. Best Practice: Always use with to handle files to avoid memory leaks. 2. Reading CSV Files ( .csv ) CSV files are widely used for storing tabular data. Python has a built-in csv module and a powerful pandas library. Using cs...
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How to Find Folder Space in Linux Easily

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Here's an example that shows how to use find command to get directory utilized space in Linux. Many of a time during production support, or when crontab jobs failed, the reasons behind is space shortage of a directory. The find is handy you can use to get utilized space of a directory. That helps you to delete unnecessary files (that actually make some space). Linux find command Here's the find command that I  have used in our project . You will find here the detailed explanation of this command and how to use it. find  /home/srini -xdev -ls | sort +6rn | head -20 Part#1: Directory path In the first part,  after the find you need to give the directory's path for which  folder you are going to find  space. Part#2: Option -xdev The second part is  -xdev , which gives the space usage of all the subdirectories. Part#3: Option -ls The next part is the -ls option that provides a sorted list of all the subdirectories.  Part#4: Sort command Then, the sort comm...
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