Python File Slurp

Question

Is there a one-liner to read all the lines of a file in Python, rather than the standard:

f = open(\'x.txt\')
cts = f.read()
f.close()

Seems li

Answer 1

Starting in Python 3.5, you can use the pathlib module for a more modern interface. Being Python 3, it makes a distinction between reading text and reading bytes:

from pathlib import Path

text_string = Path('x.txt').read_text()  # type: str

byte_string = Path('x.txt').read_bytes()  # type: bytes