How to replace special character in a file using Python? : <p>I have data like this in file. I want replace the backslash from the entire data. I tried to use replace function after reading this text file but could not get the result. Could you please help.</p>

<pre><code>[{"Name": "Segment1", "Value": 14.0, "Categories": "{\"MILL CREEK\": 0.0, \"FAIRPORT\": 1.0, \"PENNINGTON\": 0.0, \"GREENWICH\": 0.0
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