以读模式打开文件。以字符串格式读取文件。替换文本。关闭文件。再次以写模式打开文件。最后，将替换后的文本写入相同的文件。

try:
    with open("file_name", "r+") as text_file:
        texts = text_file.read()
        texts = texts.replace("to_replace", "replace_string")
    with open(file_name, "w") as text_file:
        text_file.write(texts)
except FileNotFoundError as f:
    print("Could not find the file you are trying to read.")

正如Jack Aidley发布的和J.F. Sebastian指出的那样，这个代码是行不通的:

 # Read in the file
filedata = None
with file = open('file.txt', 'r') :
  filedata = file.read()

# Replace the target string
filedata.replace('ram', 'abcd')

# Write the file out again
with file = open('file.txt', 'w') :
  file.write(filedata)`

但这段代码将工作(我已经测试过了):

f = open(filein,'r')
filedata = f.read()
f.close()

newdata = filedata.replace("old data","new data")

f = open(fileout,'w')
f.write(newdata)
f.close()

使用此方法，fileein和fileout可以是同一个文件，因为Python 3.3将在打开进行写入时覆盖该文件。

我试过用readline代替read

with open('dummy.txt','r') as file:
    list = file.readlines()
print(f'before removal {list}')
for i in list[:]:
        list.remove(i)

print(f'After removal {list}')
with open('dummy.txt','w+') as f:
    for i in list:
        f.write(i)

Fileinput已经支持就地编辑。在这种情况下，它将stdout重定向到文件:

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import fileinput

with fileinput.FileInput(filename, inplace=True, backup='.bak') as file:
    for line in file:
        print(line.replace(text_to_search, replacement_text), end='')

def word_replace(filename,old,new):
    c=0
    with open(filename,'r+',encoding ='utf-8') as f:
        a=f.read()
        b=a.split()
        for i in range(0,len(b)):
            if b[i]==old:
                c=c+1
        old=old.center(len(old)+2)
        new=new.center(len(new)+2)
        d=a.replace(old,new,c)
        f.truncate(0)
        f.seek(0)
        f.write(d)
    print('All words have been replaced!!!')

我的变种，在整个文件中一次一个词。

我把它读进了记忆。

def replace_word(infile,old_word,new_word):
    if not os.path.isfile(infile):
        print ("Error on replace_word, not a regular file: "+infile)
        sys.exit(1)

    f1=open(infile,'r').read()
    f2=open(infile,'w')
    m=f1.replace(old_word,new_word)
    f2.write(m)