diff --git a/rich/color.py b/rich/color.py
index ef2e895d..35281eb9 100644
--- a/rich/color.py
+++ b/rich/color.py
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ class Color(NamedTuple):
     def downgrade(self, system: ColorSystem) -> "Color":
         """Downgrade a color system to a system with fewer colors."""
 
-        if self.type in [ColorType.DEFAULT, system]:
+        if self.type in (ColorType.DEFAULT, system):
             return self
         # Convert to 8-bit color from truecolor color
         if system == ColorSystem.EIGHT_BIT and self.system == ColorSystem.TRUECOLOR:
diff --git a/rich/console.py b/rich/console.py
index c59f0d77..38aadb3e 100644
--- a/rich/console.py
+++ b/rich/console.py
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ class Console:
         self._is_alt_screen = False
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
-        return f"<console width={self.width} {str(self._color_system)}>"
+        return f"<console width={self.width} {self._color_system!s}>"
 
     @property
     def file(self) -> IO[str]:
@@ -1523,7 +1523,7 @@ class Console:
             if text:
                 sep_text = Text(sep, justify=justify, end=end)
                 append(sep_text.join(text))
-                del text[:]
+                text.clear()
 
         for renderable in objects:
             renderable = rich_cast(renderable)
diff --git a/rich/file_proxy.py b/rich/file_proxy.py
index 72b59ed2..4b0b0da6 100644
--- a/rich/file_proxy.py
+++ b/rich/file_proxy.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class FileProxy(io.TextIOBase):
             line, new_line, text = text.partition("\n")
             if new_line:
                 lines.append("".join(buffer) + line)
-                del buffer[:]
+                buffer.clear()
             else:
                 buffer.append(line)
                 break
diff --git a/rich/json.py b/rich/json.py
index ed9ca1ea..24dc5e60 100644
--- a/rich/json.py
+++ b/rich/json.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from pathlib import Path
 from json import loads, dumps
 from typing import Any, Callable, Optional, Union
 
@@ -131,8 +132,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         if args.path == "-":
             json_data = sys.stdin.read()
         else:
-            with open(args.path, "rt") as json_file:
-                json_data = json_file.read()
+            json_data = Path(args.path).read_text()
     except Exception as error:
         error_console.print(f"Unable to read {args.path!r}; {error}")
         sys.exit(-1)
diff --git a/rich/markdown.py b/rich/markdown.py
index 22d80b53..ff8e7d0e 100644
--- a/rich/markdown.py
+++ b/rich/markdown.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, ClassVar, Dict, List, Optional, Type, Union
 
 from commonmark.blocks import Parser
@@ -598,8 +599,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":  # pragma: no cover
     if args.path == "-":
         markdown_body = sys.stdin.read()
     else:
-        with open(args.path, "rt", encoding="utf-8") as markdown_file:
-            markdown_body = markdown_file.read()
+        markdown_body = Path(args.path).read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+
     markdown = Markdown(
         markdown_body,
         justify="full" if args.justify else "left",
diff --git a/rich/progress.py b/rich/progress.py
index ed2b89f3..19d1d9c4 100644
--- a/rich/progress.py
+++ b/rich/progress.py
@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ class Progress(JupyterMixin):
                 RuntimeWarning,
             )
             buffering = -1
-        elif _mode == "rt" or _mode == "r":
+        elif _mode in ("rt", "r"):
             if buffering == 0:
                 raise ValueError("can't have unbuffered text I/O")
             elif buffering == 1:
@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@ class Progress(JupyterMixin):
         reader = _Reader(handle, self, task_id, close_handle=True)
 
         # wrap the reader in a `TextIOWrapper` if text mode
-        if mode == "r" or mode == "rt":
+        if mode in ("r", "rt"):
             return io.TextIOWrapper(
                 reader,
                 encoding=encoding,
diff --git a/rich/repr.py b/rich/repr.py
index 99e92732..9dd65cde 100644
--- a/rich/repr.py
+++ b/rich/repr.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def auto(
                         if key is None:
                             append(repr(value))
                         else:
-                            if len(default) and default[0] == value:
+                            if default and default[0] == value:
                                 continue
                             append(f"{key}={value!r}")
                 else:
diff --git a/rich/segment.py b/rich/segment.py
index 20ccedf8..6c87a791 100644
--- a/rich/segment.py
+++ b/rich/segment.py
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ class Segment(NamedTuple):
                         if include_new_lines:
                             cropped_line.append(new_line_segment)
                         yield cropped_line
-                        del line[:]
+                        line.clear()
             else:
                 append(segment)
         if line:
diff --git a/rich/syntax.py b/rich/syntax.py
index aed041f3..d732a2bf 100644
--- a/rich/syntax.py
+++ b/rich/syntax.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import re
 import sys
 import textwrap
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import (
     Any,
     Dict,
@@ -338,8 +339,7 @@ class Syntax(JupyterMixin):
         Returns:
             [Syntax]: A Syntax object that may be printed to the console
         """
-        with open(path, "rt", encoding=encoding) as code_file:
-            code = code_file.read()
+        code = Path(path).read_text(encoding=encoding)
 
         if not lexer:
             lexer = cls.guess_lexer(path, code=code)
diff --git a/rich/text.py b/rich/text.py
index 5b5ead0f..9c6bda26 100644
--- a/rich/text.py
+++ b/rich/text.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class Span(NamedTuple):
         return (
             f"Span({self.start}, {self.end}, {self.style!r})"
             if (isinstance(self.style, Style) and self.style._meta)
-            else f"Span({self.start}, {self.end}, {repr(self.style)})"
+            else f"Span({self.start}, {self.end}, {self.style!r})"
         )
 
     def __bool__(self) -> bool:
diff --git a/rich/traceback.py b/rich/traceback.py
index 8e18df83..9532f53b 100644
--- a/rich/traceback.py
+++ b/rich/traceback.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import os
 import platform
 import sys
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from pathlib import Path
 from traceback import walk_tb
 from types import ModuleType, TracebackType
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Sequence, Type, Union
@@ -549,10 +550,7 @@ class Traceback:
             """
             code = code_cache.get(filename)
             if code is None:
-                with open(
-                    filename, "rt", encoding="utf-8", errors="replace"
-                ) as code_file:
-                    code = code_file.read()
+                code = Path(filename).read_text(encoding="utf-8", errors="replace")
                 code_cache[filename] = code
             return code