No such file or directory but file exists?

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I'm writing a python script where I need to open a ".txt" folder and analyse the text in there.

I have saved this ".txt" document in the same folder as my Python script.

But, when I go to open the file; file = open("words.txt",'r')

I get the error: No such file or directory: 'words.txt'.

I don't understand why this is happening?

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3 Answers

Maby it's because your current working directory is different from the directory your files are stored. Try giving the full path to the file

file = open("<full_path>\words.txt",'r')

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  • Check if there's a typo in the code or in the filename of the file
  • Make sure the file is really under the current working directory. Sometimes similar filenames or info shown in your IDE cause confusions
  • Make sure your are editing the correct script. Sometimes people copy and paste a script into different places and immediately forgot which one they are actually editing

Hope it helps.

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It's because the directory of the .py file you are working with is not the same as the .txt file's path.

So, you need to mention the path like this:

file = open("C:/User/Desktop/Folder/words.txt", 'r')
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