\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{corisco} \pdfinfo{ /Title (file-handling-in-python.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (corisco) /Subject (file handling in python Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{F07A2B} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{FEF6F1} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{file handling in python Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{corisco} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/167022/cs/35648/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}corisco \\ \uline{cheatography.com/corisco} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Published 7th December, 2022.\\ Updated 7th December, 2022.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.04 cm} x{4.96 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{open()}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{open()}} & ("filename","mode",enconding="UTF-8") \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{modes}}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} "r" - Read (default) & opens a file for reading, error if doesn´t exist \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} "a" - Append & opens a file for appending, creates the file if doesn´t exist \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} "w' - Write & opens a file for writing, creates the file if doesn´t exist \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 3) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} "x" - Create & creates the specified file, error if the file exists \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 3) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} "t" - Text (default) & Text mode \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} "b" - Binary & Binary mode \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} "+" - Read and Write mode & opens a file to read or write \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Examples}} & "r+" "a+b" "w+b" \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.68 cm} x{4.32 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{read()}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{read()}} & open() must have a read() method before. \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{file.read()} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} file.read(5) & reads the first 5 characters \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{readline()}}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} file.readline() & returns one line of the file \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} file.readline(5) & reads the fist 5 characters of the line \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} file.readline() / file.readline() & calling readline two times, reads the two first lines \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 3) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{readlines()}} & returns a list, each item is a line as a string \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 3) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{for line in file}} & loops through the chars or lines of the file \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 3) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} & {\emph{use .strip() to remove "\textbackslash{}n"}} \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.72 cm} x{5.28 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{write()}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{write()}} & open method "a" will append to end of file \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & open method "w" will overwrite the entire file \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{file.write("text")} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{create a new file}} & open method "x" will create a file, error if it exists \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & open method "a" will create a file if doesn´t exist \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} & open method "w" will create a file if doesn´t exist \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{writelines()}} & turns iterable object(lists,tuples,dict...) into lines in the file \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.76 cm} x{4.24 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{pointers}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{seek(offset,whence=0))}} & changes the file position \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} file.seek(4) & change the pointer to the 4 file position \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {[}whence={]} is optional, 0 is default & 0=start of file, 1=current position, 2= file´s end \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{tell()}} & finds the file position \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} file.tell() & returns the file position \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.08 cm} x{5.92 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{close()}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{close()}} & always close the file when done \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{file.close()} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Modules}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} import os & OS module \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{os.rename("oldname.txt", "new\_name.txt")} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{os.remove("file.txt")} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{os.path.exists("file.txt")} or os.path.isfile() & returns True or False \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{os.path.getsize("file.txt")} & return \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{os.path.getmtime("file.txt")} & returns a timestamp \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{os.path.abspath("file.txt")} & returns Absolute Path \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} os.getcwd & show current working directory \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} os.mkdir("new\_dir") & create new directory in the current dir \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} os.chdr("dir") & change working directory \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} os.rmdir("dir") & removes empty directory / error if there is files in it \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 3) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} os.listdir & return a list of files e subdirectories in the dir \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 3) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{os.path.isdir} \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 1) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{os.path.join} \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 1) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} import datetime & Datetime Module \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 1) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{datetime.date} \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 1) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} os.path module docs & \seqsplit{https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.path.html} \tn % Row Count 31 (+ 3) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Modules (cont)}} \tn % Row 17 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} os module docs & \seqsplit{https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 18 \SetRowColor{white} datetime module docs & \seqsplit{https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}