{"id":127006,"date":"2022-08-05T09:35:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T09:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.finxter.com\/?p=544306"},"modified":"2022-08-05T09:35:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T09:35:49","slug":"how-to-read-and-convert-a-binary-file-to-csv-in-python","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/08\/05\/how-to-read-and-convert-a-binary-file-to-csv-in-python\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Read and Convert a Binary File to CSV in Python?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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To read a binary file, use the open('rb')<\/code> function within a context manager (with<\/code> keyword) and read its content into a string variable using f.readlines()<\/code>. You can then convert the string to a CSV<\/a> using various approaches such as the csv<\/a><\/code> module. <\/p>\n

Here’s an example to read the binary file 'my_file.man'<\/code> into your Python script:<\/p>\n

with open('my_file.man', 'rb') as f: content = f.readlines() print(content)<\/pre>\n
Per default, Python’s built-in open()<\/a><\/code> function opens a text file. If you want to open a binary file, you need to add the 'b'<\/code> character to the optional mode<\/code> string argument.<\/p>\n