# files/open_try.py fh = open('fear.txt', 'rt') # r: read, t: text for line in fh.readlines(): print(line.strip()) # remove whitespace and print fh.close() # secured by try/finally fh = open('fear.txt', 'rt') try: for line in fh.readlines(): print(line.strip()) finally: fh.close() # equivalent to: fh = open('fear.txt') # rt is default try: for line in fh: # we can iterate directly on fh print(line.strip()) finally: fh.close()