Display a file to the user with Python

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I am trying to find a way to display a txt/csv file to the user of my Python script. Everytime I search how to do it, I keep finding information on how to open/read/write etc ... But I just want to display the file to the user.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Then possible duplicate of [Open document with default application in Python](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/434597/open-document-with-default-application-in-python) — Adam Smith, Feb 14 '14 at 17:53
I think it's answered here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/434597/open-document-with-default-application-in-python — Turbinenreiter, Feb 14 '14 at 17:55

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 14 '14 at 17:51

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if you want the file to open with its associated default program, use startfile.

os.startfile("path/to/file") # may only work on Windows

answered Feb 14 '14 at 17:51

Adam Smith

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 14 '14 at 17:40

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It really depends what you mean by "display" the file. When we display text, we need to take the file, get all of its text, and put it onto the screen. One possible display would be to read every line and print them. There are certainly others. You're going to have to open the file and read the lines in order to display it, though, unless you make a shell command to something like vim file.txt.

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I would really like to open (or display it) in the user's text editor or excel. – Jeremy L. Feb 14 '14 at 17:53

Display a file to the user with Python

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