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Re: How to read a directory path from a txt file

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On Monday, June 2, 2014 7:48:25 PM UTC+5:30, Samuel Kamau wrote:
> I have created a txt file with various paths to directories. The paths look like this
> 
> /home/wachkama/Desktop/api/genshi
> 
> /home/wachkama/Desktop/www/portal/schedule
> 
> /home/wachkama/Desktop/show/help.genshi
> 
> 
> 
> How do i read this paths in python ?

for x in open("filenames.txt"):
   print x

Assuming your filenames are in a file called filenames.txt in current directory

Also in practice:
1. You probably want print x.strip()
2. You dont want a print but whatever is the code you want

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How to read a directory path from a txt file Samuel Kamau <wachkama@gmail.com> - 2014-06-02 07:18 -0700
  Re: How to read a directory path from a txt file Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-06-02 07:28 -0700
  Re: How to read a directory path from a txt file Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-06-03 00:29 +1000
  Re: How to read a directory path from a txt file Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-06-02 15:44 +0100
  Re: How to read a directory path from a txt file Samuel Kamau <wachkama@gmail.com> - 2014-06-02 08:13 -0700
    Re: How to read a directory path from a txt file Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-06-02 16:24 +0000
      Re: How to read a directory path from a txt file Samuel Kamau <wachkama@gmail.com> - 2014-06-02 10:18 -0700

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