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

If you are on Python3, make sure you properly respect your file's input encoding, e.g.:

import codecs
with codecs.open(filename, 'r', encoding="utf8") as file:
    cts = file.read()

Find the list of codec names in the Python3 codec list. (The mechanism is also advisable for Python2 whenever you expect any non-ASCII input)