Correct way to write line to file?

file-io, python

Solution

This should be as simple as:

with open('somefile.txt', 'a') as the_file:
    the_file.write('Hello\n')

From The Documentation:

Do not use `os.linesep` as a line terminator when writing files opened in text mode (the default); use a single `'\n'` instead, on all platforms.

Some useful reading:

- The `with` statement

- `open()`

- `'a'` is for append, or use

- `'w'` to write with truncation

- `os` (particularly `os.linesep`)

Problem

How do I write a line to a file in modern Python? I heard that this is deprecated: ``` print >>f, "hi there" ``` Also, does `"\n"` work on all platforms, or should I use `"\r\n"` on Windows?

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