How to execute a python script and write output to txt file?

Question

I\'m executing a .py file, which spits out a give string. This command works fine

execfile (\'file.py\')

But I want the output (in addition to it being shown

Answer 1

The simplest way to run a script and get the output to a text file is by typing the below in the terminal:

PCname:~/Path/WorkFolderName$ python scriptname.py>output.txt

*Make sure you have created output.txt in the work folder before executing the command.

Answer 2

Use this instead:

text_file = open('output.txt', 'w')
text_file.write('my string i want to put in file')
text_file.close()

Put it into your main file and go ahead and run it. Replace the string in the 2nd line with your string or a variable containing the string you want to output. If you have further questions post below.