I want to read multiply .txt file in one folder, and read every line as a list.

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I want to read multiply .txt file in one folder, and read every line as a list.

example name of the files

example content of each file

This is my code, however it prints nothing.

I hope the resulting is like

Attr+Topic&Thing; Attribute. policy.txt Attr+Topic&Thing; Attribute. proportion.txt Attr Topic&Thing; Attribute.rate.txt Attr+Topic&Thing; Attribute. relation difference.txt Attr+Topic&Thing; ribute relation.equivalence.txt Attr+Topic&Thing; Attribute. safety.txt Attr+Topic&Thing; Attribute. stability.txt Attr+Topic&Thing; Attribute. strength.txt Attr+Topic&Thing; Attribute. structural txt Attr+Topic&Thing; Attribute tosort.cy.txt Attr+Topic&Thing; Attribute.tosort.ity.txt

Explanation / Answer

If we want the output to skip empty lists then the code is as below:

import glob
import errno
path = './*.txt'
files = glob.glob(path)
for name in files:
# try:
# with open(name) as f
   f = open(name, 'r')
   for line in f:
       words = list()
       #print(line)
       for word in line.split():
           words.append(word)
#except IOError as exc:
# if exc.errno != errno.EISDIR:
# raise
       if len(words)>0:
           print(words)

If we need to output the empty line as well then the code is

import glob
import errno
path = './*.txt'
files = glob.glob(path)
for name in files:
# try:
# with open(name) as f
   f = open(name, 'r')
   for line in f:
       words = list()
       #print(line)
       for word in line.split():
           words.append(word)
#except IOError as exc:
# if exc.errno != errno.EISDIR:
# raise
       #if len(words)>0:
       print(words)

Your code has the wrong placement of print statement and rest everything is fine. The corrected version of your code is as below:

import glob
import errno
path = './*.txt'
files = glob.glob(path)
for name in files:
   try:
       with open(name) as f:
           for line in f:
               words = list()
               for word in line.split():
                   words.append(word)
               print(words)
   except IOError as exc:
       if exc.errno != errno.EISDIR:
           raise
          

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