remove return carriage text file in python

To remove the carriage return from a text file in Python, you can open the file in "read" mode, read all the lines, remove the carriage return from each line, and then write the modified lines back to the same file or a new file.

Here is the code that demonstrates how to do it:

main.py
with open('file_with_carriage_return.txt', 'r') as input_file:
    # read all the lines of the file
    lines = input_file.readlines()

# remove the carriage return from each line
lines = [line.replace('\r', '') for line in lines]

with open('file_without_carriage_return.txt', 'w') as output_file:
    # write the modified lines back to the file
    output_file.writelines(lines)
381 chars
11 lines

In the code, we use the with statement to open the file in "read" mode and read all the lines into a list of strings called lines. Then, we use a list comprehension to remove the carriage return ('\r') from each line using the replace() method. Finally, we open a new file in "write" mode using the with statement and write the modified lines back to the file using the writelines() method.

Note that we use '\r' to represent the carriage return character because it is the character used in Windows and some other operating systems. If your file uses a different character for the carriage return, you should replace '\r' with that character in the code. Also, if your file uses a different newline character (e.g., '\n'), you may need to modify the code accordingly.