import pickle
a = {'hello': 'world'}
with open('filename.pickle', 'wb') as handle:
pickle.dump(a, handle, protocol=pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL)
with open('filename.pickle', 'rb') as handle:
b = pickle.load(handle)
print a == b
with open('mypickle.pickle', 'wb') as f:
pickle.dump(some_obj, f)
# note that this will overwrite any existing file
# in the current working directory called 'mypickle.pickle'