Python readlines not returning anything?

Question

I have the following code:

with open(\'current.cfg\', \'r\') as current:
    if len(current.read()) == 0:
        print(\'FILE IS EMPTY\')
    else:
                 


        

Answer 1

When you do current.read(), you consume the contents of the file, so a subsequent current.readlines() returns an empty list.

Martijn Pieters's code is the way to go.

Alternatively, you could do rewind to the beginning of the file with a current.seek(0) before the readlines(), but this is unnecessarily complicated.