Check Whether a File Is a Text File in Python

Nov 27, 2020

python-magic ¶

python-magic is the recommended library to use for checking whether a file is a text file.

Aug 29, 2020

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Apr 19, 2021

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Download PyPy from https://www.pypy.org/download.html.
Unzip it.
Install pip.

:::bash /path/to/pypy -m ensurepip /path/to/pypy -m pip install ...

Apr 18, 2021

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Apr 16, 2021

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Notice that a walrus expression in a list comprehension must be in included in parentheses (to avoid ambiguitions).

Apr 15, 2021

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The finally statements are guaranteed to be executed (presuming no power outage or anything outside of Python's control) after a try/except block runs even if return, break