Python: Create empty text file

By getting the file handle in write mode, we can create an empty file.

 

Example

with open(os.path.join(path, file_to_create), 'w') as fp:
    pass

 

Find the below working application.

 

create_empty_file.py

import os

file_to_create = 'myfile.txt'

path = '/Users/Shared/data'
files_in_path = os.listdir(path) 
print("List of directories and files before creating ", file_to_create)
print(files_in_path)

with open(os.path.join(path, file_to_create), 'w') as fp:
    pass

files_in_path = os.listdir(path) 
print("List of directories and files after creating ", file_to_create)
print(files_in_path)

Output

['Hello World\n', 'Welcome to the world\n']

Writing some content to the file

['test 1\n', 'orld\n', 'Welcome to the world\n']

 

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