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On 02/06/2014 15:18, 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 ?
>

https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#open
https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/inputoutput.html#reading-and-writing-files

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