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How to read text file in Python using UliEngineering

You can easily read the contents of a text file using the UliEngineering Python library:

read_textfile.py
from UliEngineering.Utils.Files import read_textfile
import tempfile
import os

# Create a temporary file for demonstration
with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode='w', delete=False, suffix='.txt') as f:
    f.write("Hello, World!\n")
    f.write("This is a test file.\n")
    temp_file = f.name

# Read the file
content = read_textfile(temp_file)
print(content)

# Clean up
os.unlink(temp_file)

Example output

read_textfile_output.txt
Hello, World!
This is a test file.

This function reads the entire contents of a text file and returns it as a string. It handles different line endings automatically (both Unix \n and Windows \r\n). This is useful for reading configuration files, log files, or any text-based data files. The function is a convenient wrapper around standard Python file I/O operations.

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