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title: "Did you know Python has a built in method to read any file into a clean list? 🔥"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/did-you-know-python-has-a-built-in-method-to-read-any-file-into-a-clean-list--wh9lx8zgg
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctb0THKhfcU
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source: "Tech With Tim"
published: 2026-05-13T01:10:16.170Z
updated: 2026-05-13T01:10:30.913Z
tags: ["python"]
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# Did you know Python has a built in method to read any file into a clean list? 🔥

**[Tech With Tim](https://daily.dev/sources/TechWithTim)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Python's `str.splitlines()` method offers a clean way to read a file into a list of lines without manually stripping newline characters. By combining `pathlib` with `read_text().splitlines()`, you get a concise one-liner that handles config files, log files, and other text files cleanly.

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