Question

***This program is to be created using PyCharm Pro***

1. Print “This program manipulates text from files and the clipboard and performs other string, file, and directory manipulation tasks.”

2. Output the current working directory of the program.

3. Ask the user to enter the directory where they would like files to be stored, make that directory, and store files in the program in that directory.

4. Write the following three lines to file_one.txt (without bullet points):
• Line 1 from file_one wrong_text
  • Line 2 from file_ one wrong_text
  • Line 3 from file_ one wrong_text

5. Display the contents of file_one.txt.

6. Programmatically replace the substring ‘file_one wrong_text’ in data read from file_one.txt with ‘file_two correct_text’ and write the corrected lines to file_two.txt.

Answer 1

Here is the completed code for this problem. Comments are included, go through it, learn how things work and let me know if you have any doubts or if you need anything to change. If you are satisfied with the solution, please rate the answer. Thanks

Note: Please maintain proper code spacing (indentation), just copy the code part and paste it in your compiler/IDE directly, no modifications required.

#code

import os

#displaying greeting
print("This program manipulates text from files and the clipboard and performs other string,"
      " file, and directory manipulation tasks.")

#displaying current working directory
print('\nCurrent working directory:',os.getcwd())
#reading name of directory to store files
dir_name=input('Enter the directory where you would like files to be stored: ')

#creating the directory, only if the directory does not exist already
if not os.path.exists(dir_name):
      os.mkdir(dir_name)
#moving to the above directory
os.chdir(dir_name)

#opening file_one.txt file in write mode
file1=open('file_one.txt','w')
#writing the three required lines
file1.write('Line 1 from file_one wrong_text\n')
file1.write('Line 2 from file_one wrong_text\n')
file1.write('Line 3 from file_one wrong_text\n')
#closing and saving file
file1.close()

#opening the same file in read mode
file1=open('file_one.txt','r')
#reading whole text into a variable
data=file1.read()
#displaying the contents
print('Contents of file_one.txt:')
print(data)
#closing file
file1.close()

#replacing 'file_one wrong_text' with 'file_one correct_text'
data=data.replace('file_one wrong_text','file_one correct_text')
#opening file_two.txt in write mode
file2=open('file_two.txt','w')
#writing updated text
file2.write(data)
#closing and saving file
file2.close()

#output

#file_two.txt