python empty file code example

Example 1: python empty text file

open('file.txt', 'w').close()

Example 2: python check if a file is empty

import os
if os.stat("yourfile.extension").st_size == 0:
#note: file has to be in same directory as python script#
  print('empty')

Example 3: python os make empty file

open(x, 'a').close()

Example 4: how to empty a text file in python

file = open("sample.txt","r+")
file.truncate(0)
file.close()