How to empty a file using Python
Question:
In the Unix shell I can do this to empty a file:
cd /the/file/directory/
:> thefile.ext
How would I go about doing this in Python?
Is os.system the way here, I wouldn’t know how since I would have to send 2 actions after each other i.e. the cd and then the :>.
Answers:
Opening a file creates it and (unless append (‘a’) is set) overwrites it with emptyness, such as this:
open(filename, 'w').close()
Alternate form of the answer by @rumpel
with open(filename, 'w'): pass
In the Unix shell I can do this to empty a file:
cd /the/file/directory/
:> thefile.ext
How would I go about doing this in Python?
Is os.system the way here, I wouldn’t know how since I would have to send 2 actions after each other i.e. the cd and then the :>.
Opening a file creates it and (unless append (‘a’) is set) overwrites it with emptyness, such as this:
open(filename, 'w').close()
Alternate form of the answer by @rumpel
with open(filename, 'w'): pass