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lua
-- Write (default 'w')
local f = io.open("output.txt", "w")
f:write("Line 1\n")
f:write("Line 2\n")
f:close()
-- Append
local f2 = io.open("log.txt", "a")
f2:write(os.date() .. " - event\n")
f2:close()
-- Read all
local f3 = io.open("data.txt", "r")
local content = f3:read("*a") -- "*a" = all, "*l" = line, "*n" = number
f3:close()
print(content)
-- Read line by line
for line in io.lines("data.txt") do
print(line)
end
-- Standard streams
io.write("Enter name: ")
local name = io.read("*l") -- or "*L" to keep newline
print("Hello, " .. name)
-- Binary
local f4 = io.open("data.bin", "rb")
local data = f4:read("*a")
f4:close()