FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'D:\\global.txt' i am executing this on google collaboration ipython notebook

Question

I am trying to open a text file that is stored in D drive but python is not able to locate it

 f=open('D:\global.txt','r',errors = 'ignore')
    raw=f.read()
    raw=raw.lower()
    nltk.download('punkt')
    nltk.download('wordnet')
    sent_tokens=nltk.sent_tokenize(raw)
    word_tokens=nltk.word_tokenize(raw)

**Error generated is**:
FileNotFoundError                         Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-19-808f13a51694> in <module>()
----> 1 f=open('D:\global.txt','r',errors = 'ignore')
      2 raw=f.read()
      3 raw=raw.lower()
      4 nltk.download('punkt')
      5 nltk.download('wordnet')

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'D:\\global.txt'

Are you sure you have global.txt on your disk D? I copied code and it works. — Mortimer, Jan 31 '20 at 13:53
If its a issue of specifying the file path based upon your platform (i.e. Linux vs. Windows vs Mac), you can checkout [The easy way to deal with file paths on Windows, Mac and Linux](https://medium.com/@ageitgey/python-3-quick-tip-the-easy-way-to-deal-with-file-paths-on-windows-mac-and-linux-11a072b58d5f) — DarrylG, Jan 31 '20 at 13:53
@Mortimer yes it is present in my disk D i dont know why it is not working.Please help me with this — lakshmi chandhana, Jan 31 '20 at 13:55
@DarrylG im using windows 10 and im using google collaboration for this code ipython notebook for this purpose — lakshmi chandhana, Jan 31 '20 at 13:57
Collab runs in a remote server, it cannot access the files in your hard drive. — Dr. Snoopy, Jan 31 '20 at 14:12
@MatiasValdenegro oh so is there any other way that i can attach it — lakshmi chandhana, Jan 31 '20 at 14:16
Yes but that is a completely different question, please update your question. — Dr. Snoopy, Jan 31 '20 at 14:23
@MatiasValdenegro please let me know the other method.I have updated the question — lakshmi chandhana, Jan 31 '20 at 14:25

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 31 '20 at 14:27

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Try this:

with open("D:/global.txt", "r") as f:
    raw = f.read()
    raw = raw.lower()
    nltk.download("punkt")
    nltk.download("wordnet")
    sent_tokens = nltk.sent_tokenize(raw)
    word_tokens = nltk.word_tokenize(raw

Edit: Is the code run on a remote location? Maybe you're getting confused on where the file global.txt should be.

answered Jan 31 '20 at 14:27

kakkeuno

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yes its being run on google collaboration ipython notebook – lakshmi chandhana Jan 31 '20 at 14:30
I'm not familiar with google collaboration. But if it is run on a remote location then you are referencing the D drive on that location, not your own D drive. – kakkeuno Jan 31 '20 at 14:33

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'D:\\global.txt' i am executing this on google collaboration ipython notebook

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