Im trying to read a log file which is written in text in my Python program but its returning an “No such file or directory”

Question

Even though it in the same directory as the Python file it cannot be red

from datetime import datetime

infile = r"./system.log.txt"
logFile = []
def readLog():
        
    with open(infile) as f:
        f = f.readlines()

    for line in f:
        temp= line.split('\n')
        logFile.append(temp[0])


def show():

    for line in logFile:
        print(line)

Answer 1

I am assuming you have this sructure
folder
|--sys.log.txt
|--main.py

cd folder then python main.py

file='system.log.txt'
with open(file,'r') as f:
    print(f.read())

Answer 2

Check the path of your file against what gets printed from the code below.

import os
print(os.path.dirname(__file__) + "/system.log.txt")

Also for loop needs to be indented properly.

import os

infile = os.path.dirname(__file__) + "/system.log.txt"
logFile = []

def readLog():
    with open(infile) as f:
        f = f.readlines()

        for line in f:
            temp= line.split('\n')
            logFile.append(temp[0])