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Mathematica > Data Handling & Data Sources >
Mathematica > Core Language > Procedural Programming > Basic Input & Output in Programs >
Files
Mathematica provides convenient and efficient system-independent functions for handling file-related constructs at all levels.
"file" — ordinary named file
"!program" — pipe
"http:...", etc. — web-type URL
    
Complete Files
Import, Export — import and export in hundreds of formats
ReadList — read unstructured data from a file
FilePrint — display the raw contents of a file
File Searching
FindList — find strings in lists of files
FileNames — find files by name
Low-Level File Operations »
OpenRead, OpenWrite — open files
Read, Write, WriteString — read and write individual data elements
Find  ▪ Skip  ▪ SetStreamPosition  ▪ ...
Mathematica Expression Files »
Get (<<) — get Mathematica expressions from a file (.m file)
Put (>>), PutAppend (>>>) — put Mathematica expressions into a file (.m file)
Save  ▪ Splice  ▪ DumpSave  ▪ Encode
Binary Data »
BinaryReadList  ▪ BinaryRead  ▪ BinaryWrite  ▪ ...
    
File Properties & Operations »
FileDate  ▪ FileByteCount  ▪ FileNames  ▪ FileHash  ▪ CopyFile  ▪ ...
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