How do I write a script so they can read inside txt files

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So, I need to write a script that lets the program look into each folder, into the .txt file, read a number, and store it into its memory. Also, I need it to loop so the script can run and look at multiple directories so it can find the number in the files. That way, with the numbers, I can make a bar graph.

What I have tried:

I tried directory = os.fsencode(my_directory_that_info_is_in)
for file in os.listdir()

#That's all I can do for now

Posted 17-Jun-17 20:04pm

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Updated 17-Jun-17 20:35pm

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2017-06-17T20:35:00

Well it is not at all clear what you cannot do. If you have the list of files in a directory then it should be easy to read each one in turn. You need to pass the directory name to os.listdir() in order to get the list. See 16.1. os — Miscellaneous operating system interfaces — Python 3.6.2rc1 documentation[^] .