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    From simone zambonardi@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 24 06:10:51 2022
    Good morning, I need to read a text file. How come when I open it (running the script) it says this? The text file is type RFT

    {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf2636 \cocoatextscaling0\cocoaplatform0{\fonttbl\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Helvetica;} {\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;}
    {\*\expandedcolortbl;;} \paperw11900\paperh16840\margl1440\margr1440\vieww11520\viewh8400\viewkind0 \pard\tx566\tx1133\tx1700\tx2267\tx2834\tx3401\tx3968\tx4535\tx5102\tx5669\tx6236\tx6803\pardirnatural\partightenfactor0

    \f0\fs24 \cf0

    But even with in .txt it gives me this long string. I think it is a formatting problem .
    thank you

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  • From jak@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 24 16:03:08 2022
    Il 24/06/2022 15:44, jak ha scritto:
    Il 24/06/2022 15:10, simone zambonardi ha scritto:
    Good morning, I need to read a text file. How come when I open it
    (running the script) it says this? The text file is type RFT

    {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf2636
    \cocoatextscaling0\cocoaplatform0{\fonttbl\f0\fswiss\fcharset0
    Helvetica;}
    {\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;}
    {\*\expandedcolortbl;;}
    \paperw11900\paperh16840\margl1440\margr1440\vieww11520\viewh8400\viewkind0 >>
    \pard\tx566\tx1133\tx1700\tx2267\tx2834\tx3401\tx3968\tx4535\tx5102\tx5669\tx6236\tx6803\pardirnatural\partightenfactor0


    \f0\fs24 \cf0

    But even with in .txt it gives me this long string. I think it is a
    formatting problem .
    thank you


    I don't see the script you are talking about but it is normal to find
    those strings inside a file of type '.rtf'. RTF documents are not simple
    text documents (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Text_Format) so if
    you want to extract the text contained in these documents you will need
    to use a library that can do this
    (eg: https://pypi.org/project/striprtf/)
    ...or write a parser yourself.
    P.S.
    renaming the file extension does not change its content but it is useful
    for the system to select the app that knows how to manage it

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  • From jak@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 24 15:44:06 2022
    Il 24/06/2022 15:10, simone zambonardi ha scritto:
    Good morning, I need to read a text file. How come when I open it (running the script) it says this? The text file is type RFT

    {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf2636 \cocoatextscaling0\cocoaplatform0{\fonttbl\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Helvetica;} {\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;}
    {\*\expandedcolortbl;;} \paperw11900\paperh16840\margl1440\margr1440\vieww11520\viewh8400\viewkind0 \pard\tx566\tx1133\tx1700\tx2267\tx2834\tx3401\tx3968\tx4535\tx5102\tx5669\tx6236\tx6803\pardirnatural\partightenfactor0

    \f0\fs24 \cf0

    But even with in .txt it gives me this long string. I think it is a formatting problem .
    thank you


    I don't see the script you are talking about but it is normal to find
    those strings inside a file of type '.rtf'. RTF documents are not simple
    text documents (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Text_Format) so if
    you want to extract the text contained in these documents you will need
    to use a library that can do this
    (eg: https://pypi.org/project/striprtf/)
    ...or write a parser yourself.

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    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)