Create ranfom files from a file list

#!/usr/local/bin/python3

import os
import random
import sys

if len(sys.argv)<3:
    print("Usage file-gen.py filelist, number_of_generated_files");
    sys.exit()

random.seed()

print("Reading lines from ", sys.argv[1])

linecount = 0
lines = []
with open(sys.argv[1]) as f:
    for line in f:
         lines.append(line)

filelist = random.sample(lines, int(sys.argv[2]));
for newfile in filelist:
    print("Touching file ", newfile)
    if not os.path.exists(os.path.dirname(newfile)):
        os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(newfile))
    open(newfile.rstrip(), "a+")