This page shows how to work with text files using Python3 code. Following is a sample txt file we will be using. Lets called it stocks.txt

bce.to
hnd.to 
mtl.to

Reading from File

You can use read(), readline(), or readlines() function to read from a file. This example uses read()

stocks = open("data/stocks.txt","r")
stocks.read()
stocks.close()

output:

'bce.to\nhnd.to\nmtl.to'

Using readline():

stocks = open("data/stocks.txt","r")
stocks.readline()
stocks.readline()
stocks.close()

output:

bce.to

hnd.to

Note that each readline() will print the next row in the file.

Using readlines(): Note the plural readlines as opposed to readline.

stocks = open("data/stocks.txt","r")
stocks.readlines()
stocks.close()

output:

['bce.to\n', 'hnd.to\n', 'mtl.to']

readlines() outputs each row as a list element

Easy way to remove newlines

stocks = open("data/stocks.txt","r")
for stocksymbol in stocks.read().splitlines():
    print(stocksymbol)
stocks.close()

output:

bce.to
hnd.to
mtl.to

Write to File

fh = open("data/stocks.txt", "w")
newstock = 'ta.to'
fh.write(newstock)
fh.close()

After you run the code, stocks.txt will contain

ta.to

Your code overwrote the existing contents of the file. To append the text rather than overwriting, use the "a" option:

fh = open("data/stocks.txt", "w")
newstock = 'ta.to'
fh.write(newstock)
fh.close()

After you run the code, stocks.txt will contain

bce.to
hnd.to
mtl.to
ta.to