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Lab 2 of 5  ·  Semi-Guided

Write a Device Status Report to a File

Objective: Write a formatted status report to a text file then read it back and print it.
Instructions

Create a file called lab2.py. Write a script that:

  1. Writes a device status report to status_report.txt
  2. Reads the file back and prints every line

Use this device data:

devices = [
    {"name": "sw-core-01",  "status": "online"},
    {"name": "sw-access-01","status": "offline"},
    {"name": "rtr-edge-01", "status": "online"},
]

Your output must match exactly:

Report written to status_report.txt
Device Status Report
=========================
sw-core-01 — online
sw-access-01 — offline
rtr-edge-01 — online

Run it with python3 lab2.py. Paste your output below and submit.

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Write to the file using f.write(). After writing, print "Report written..." then open and read the file back with a second "with open" block, printing each line with strip().
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