# NodeBox

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# Reference | open()

Syntax |
    open(path).read()
Description | The open() command opens a file specified by the path parameter. The open() command can be used in two ways: open(path).read(), which returns the file's text content as a string, or, alternatively, open(path).readlines(), which returns a list of text lines.
Returns | the files' text content, as a string
Example |
    # Prints the contents of sample.txt as a whole
    txt = open("sample.txt").read()
    print txt

    # Prints the contents line per line
    txt = open("sample.txt").readlines()
    for line in txt:
        print line