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[jozz3]

Just a quick one- I'm writing code that asks the user for a filename and checks that it exists. If it does it has to print the file's contents, if not print a message.

import os
fileName = raw_input("Enter the name of the file: ")
if os.path.exists(fileName) == True:
    fileName.read()
else:
    print "error, that file does not exist"

As fileName is now a string, how do I read the contents of the user's input?

Thank you

[Gribouillis]

You must open the file

content = open(fileName).read()

[jozz3]

No error but no output either

import os
fileName = raw_input("Enter the name of the file: ")
if os.path.exists(fileName) == True:
   outFile = open(fileName).read()
else:
    print "error, that file does not exist"

[Stefano Mtangoo]

No error but no output either

And it means file is empty, especially if you opened with write option

[jozz3]

Have tried mutiple files, all with content, and still no output

[Gribouillis]

Have tried mutiple files, all with content, and still no output

content_string = open(fileName).read()
print(content_string) # <---- OUTPUT