open and read a file in python

with open('pagehead.section.htm','r') as f:
    output = f.read()

lines = []
with open('the-zen-of-python.txt') as f:
    lines = f.readlines()

count = 0
for line in lines:
    count += 1
    print(f'line {count}: {line}')    
Code language: JavaScript (javascript)

# Open function to open the file "MyFile1.txt" 
# (same directory) in append mode and
file1 = open("MyFile.txt","a")
  
# store its reference in the variable file1 
# and "MyFile2.txt" in D:\Text in file2
file2 = open(r"D:\Text\MyFile2.txt","w+")