Managing Files - Python Programming Exercises

Welcome to Managing Files! In this lesson, you will learn how to handle files in Python programming. File management is a crucial skill for any Python developer, as it allows you to read from and write to files, enabling your programs to interact with the file system. You will explore how to open, close, read, write, and manipulate files using the built-in Python file handling functions. Throughout this lesson, you will work with different file types, including text files and binary files, and learn how to manage file paths and handle exceptions when working with files. Mastering file I/O will allow you to create more dynamic Python applications, which can process data stored in files and automate tasks effectively.

  •  Saving Data to a Text File

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program to collect multiple sentences from the user (continuing until the user presses Enter without typing anything) and ...

  •  Adding Content to a Text File

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program that prompts the user to input multiple sentences, stopping when they press Enter without typing anything. This ...

  •  Show File Data

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program to read and display the contents of a text file. This exercise is perfect for practicing file handling, com...

  •  TextToHTML with File Integration

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program to enhance the TextToHTML class by adding the ability to save its results into a text file. This exercise i...

  •  Log Handler

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program with a class called Logger, which includes a static method called log. This exercise is perfect for practic...

  •  More

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program that mimics the behavior of the Unix "more" command. This exercise is perfect for practicing file handling,...

  •  Text Modifier

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program that reads a text file, replaces specified words, and saves the modified content into a new file. This exercise...

  •  Count characters in a text file

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program that counts how many times a specific character appears in a given file (of any type). This exercise is per...

  •  Binary File Reading (BMP Example)

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program that verifies if a BMP image file is valid by checking its header. This exercise is perfect for practicing ...

  •  Saving Data to a Binary File

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program that prompts the user to enter their name, age (as a byte), and birth year (as an integer), then saves this inform...

  •  Reverse the contents of a text file

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program that inverts the contents of a text file. This exercise is perfect for practicing file handling, loops, and...

  •  Working with binary GIF files

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program to validate the structure of a GIF image file. This exercise is perfect for practicing file handling, byte ...

  •  Database of Contacts using File Storage

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program that extends the "contacts database" by implementing functionality to load data from a file at the start of each s...

  •  Transform a Text File to Uppercase

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program that reads the contents of a text file and writes it to a new file, converting all lowercase letters to uppercase....

  •  Transform any file content to uppercase

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program that reads any file and transfers its content to another file, converting all lowercase letters to uppercase. This...

  •  Reversing File Content

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program to "invert" a file. This exercise is perfect for practicing file handling, byte manipulation, and loops in ...

  •  File Encryption Tool

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program to encode the content of a text file into a new file, transforming the text in a way that it is not easily readabl...

  •  Word Counter

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program to count the total number of words in a given text file. This exercise is perfect for practicing file handl...

  •  BMP Dimensions with BinaryReader

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program to read the dimensions (width and height) of a BMP file using a BinaryReader-like approach. This exercise i...

  •  Text to HTML Converter

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program that functions as a "Text to HTML converter". This exercise is perfect for practicing file handling, string...

  •  Reverse Binary File V2

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program to "reverse" a binary file using a "FileStream". This exercise is perfect for practicing file handling, byt...

  •  BMP Dimensions, Using FileStream

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program to display the width and height of a BMP image file using a FileStream. This exercise is perfect for practi...

  •  File duplicator

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program that duplicates a source file to a target file using FileStream and processes the file in 512 KB blocks. This e...

  •  MP3 file reader

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program to read the ID3 tags from an MP3 file. This exercise is perfect for practicing file handling, byte manipula...

  •  File Divider

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program to divide a file (of any type) into smaller segments of a specified size. This exercise is perfect for prac...

  •  BMP File Encryption

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program to encrypt or decrypt a BMP image file by swapping the "BM" signature in the first two bytes with "MB" and vice ve...

  •  CSV Data Converter

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program to read a CSV file containing comma-separated values. This exercise is perfect for practicing file handling...

  •  File content comparer

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program to compare two files (of any type) and determine if they are identical (i.e., have the same content). This exer...

  •  Show BMP on console

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program to decode and display a Netpbm image file. This exercise is perfect for practicing file handling, string ma...

  •  Extract Text Information from a Binary File

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program to extract only the alphabetic characters contained in a binary file and dump them into a separate file. This e...

  •  Dump

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program to create a "dump" utility: a hex viewer that displays the contents of a file, with 16 bytes in each row and 24 ro...

  •  Text Filter

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program to create a utility that censors text files. This exercise is perfect for practicing file handling, string ...

  •  SQL to Plain Text

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program to parse SQL INSERT commands and extract their data into separate lines of text. This exercise is perfect f...

  •  PGM Image Viewer

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program to create a utility that reads and displays images in the PGM format, which is a version of the NetPBM image forma...

  •  Console BMP Viewer V2

    In this exercise, you will develop a Python program to create a utility that displays a 72x24 BMP file on the console. This exercise is perfect for practicing ...

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