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Safe way to read directory in Python

try:

    directoryListing = os.listdir(inputDirectory)

    #other code goes here, it iterates through the list of files in the directory

 

except WindowsError as winErr:

    print("Directory error: " + str((winErr)))

       

with open('yourtextfile.txt') as file: #this is like file=open('yourtextfile.txt')

    lines=file.readlines()                   #read all the lines in the file

                                       #when the code executed in the with statement is done, the file is automatically closed, which is why most people use this (no need for .close()).