bundles / IPython latest / IPython / utils / openpy / read_py_file

function

`IPython.utils.openpy:read_py_file`

source: /IPython/utils/openpy.py:62

Signature

def read_py_file(filename: str | Path, skip_encoding_cookie: bool = True) → str

Summary

Read a Python file, using the encoding declared inside the file.

Parameters

filename : str: The path to the file to read.
skip_encoding_cookie : bool: If True (the default), and the encoding declaration is found in the first two lines, that line will be excluded from the output.

Returns

: A unicode string containing the contents of the file.

Aliases

IPython.lib.demo.openpy.read_py_file