use replace with write in python code example

Example 1: python find and replace string in file

# Read in the file
with open('file.txt', 'r') as file :
  filedata = file.read()

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

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

Example 2: python replace part in large file

for file in files:
    fname = os.path.join(dir, file)
    inFile = codecs.open(fname, "r", "utf-8")
    outFile = codecs.open(fname + ".new", "w", "utf-8")
    for line in inFile:
        newline = do_replacements_on(line)
        outFile.write(newline)
    inFile.close()
    outFile.close()
    os.rename(fname + ".new", fname)