def replace_chars(stringa, listb):
'''A function to return stringa by removing the list of characters from listb'''
    for x in listb:
        stringa = stringa.replace(x, ' ')
    return stringa
if __name__ == "__main__":
    import test
    test.testEqual(replace_chars(" SamplEam*",["p", "E", "*"]), " Sam l am ")

import myfunctions
import string

def main():

    punc = list(string.punctuation)
    punc.remove(''')
    filename = input('Enter file name to read: ')
    num = 1
    with open( filename ) as z:
        for a in z.fileread:
            a = a.lower()
            a = a.rstrip()
            a = lstrip()
            a = myfunctions.replace_chars(a,punc)
    print("{0}:{1}".format(count,line))
    num += 1
main()

AttributeError: '_io.TextIOWrapper' object has no attribute 'fileread'

9:grandson mom  can't you tell him i'm sick
10:mother you're sick  that's why he's here