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nmori12
nmori12

Reputation: 29

OSError: Initializing from file failed

I am trying to do a simple csv read for my code and it has worked up until I tried tonight for Mac. Currently on 10.15.3, Catalina. This is my code:

df = pd.read_table('/Users/nicholasmori/Desktop/FINAL.csv', delimiter=',')

And the error it gave me was: OSError: Initializing from file failed.
Ive tried multiple different options to read this csv, including

pd.read.csv(open( ) )
csv.reader( )
pd.read_csv()
with open ( ) as csvfile:

But all these give similar errors. I am sure theres a simple answer, but I haven't been able to find it. Ive tried the
sudo chown username:group filename
command on terminal, and allowed terminal access through my privacy/firewall settings. My file also has Read & Write permissions for "everyone," unless I'm viewing that wrong. Does anyone have a solution for me?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 547

Answers (2)

jsmart
jsmart

Reputation: 3001

When did you upgrade from macOS Catalina (10.15.x) from a previous version (10.14)? OS-level access rights are a bit different.

Also, you can try this, to verify that the file (and path, if provided) are correct:

from pathlib import Path
file_name = 'test.npy'
Path(file_name).is_file() # returns True or False
print(Path.cwd())         # prints current working directory

Upvotes: 0

VicK
VicK

Reputation: 11

I had the same error, what I did was upload the file to jupyter from my Mac (same root of the python program) and:

import pandas as pd

path_file = "FileName.csv" 
data = pd.read_csv(path_file)

Hope works!

Upvotes: 1

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