How to open a file and read line by line in python

 

1st method: using readline() function

f = open("file_name.txt")

# for line in f:

#     print(line)

content = f.readline() #reads line 1

print(content)

content = f.readline() #reads line 2

print(content)

content = f.readline() #reads line 3

print(content)

content = f.readline() #reads line 4

print(content)

f.close()

2nd method: using for loop

f = open("file_name.txt")

for line in f:

    print(line)

f.close()