I am trying to output a file's contents to terminal using the File.read() function in Python, but keep receiving the following output which doesn't match my ".txt" file contents.
Python Code
from sys import argv
script, input_file = argv
def print_all(f):
print f.read
current_file = open(input_file)
print "Print File contents:\n"
print_all(current_file)
current_file.close()
Output:
Print File contents:
<built-in method read of file object at 0x1004bd470>
If you want to call a function, you will need () after the name of the function (along with any required arguments)
Therefore, in your function print_all replace:
print f.read # this prints out the object reference
with:
print f.read() # this calls the function
You just need to change
print f.read
to say
print f.read()
You should do a read()
current_file = open(input_file)
print "Print File contents:\n"
print_all(current_file.read())
You need to actually call the function in your print_all definition:
def print_all(f):
print f.read()
You haven't called the read method, you've just got it from the file class. In order to call it you have to put the braces. f.read()
