Step 1
Open any text editor (gedit,pico,vi,nano) then enter the following python script and save the file with .py extension.
#!/usr/bin/python
#Author : Jijo K Jose
print "\n————————————\nChapter 13 – File Reading \n————————————\n"
h1 = open("data1","r")
print h1
print "\nReading the first line -readline() : ",h1.readline()
h1 = open("data1","r")
print "\nReading the full content – read() : \n",h1.read()
h1 = open("data1","r")
print "\nReading the First 25 Character – read(25) : ",h1.read(25)
h1 = open("data1","r")
print "\nReading the Content – readlines() : ",h1.readlines()
print "\n————————————–\n"
#END
Step 2
Change file permission to executable using chmod command.
Step 3
Execute the python file.