Chapter Topics
File Objects
File Built-in Function
File Built-in Methods
File Built-in Attributes
Standard Files
Command-line Arguments
File System
File Execution
Persistent Storage
Related Modules
This chapter is intended to give you an in-depth introduction on the use of files and related input/output capabilities of Python. We introduce the file object (its built-in function, and built-in methods and attributes), review the standard files, discuss accessing the file system, hint at file execution, and briefly mention persistent storage and modules in the standard library related to “file-mania.”