Newbie question: files..

[Sonny Parlin]

Hello, I'm trying to learn python by setting up some pretty easy examples
of file manipulation...

I have a file of 1000 lines that I'm simply trying to read in and display
using python. The code I have is here:

#!/usr/bin/python

file = open('testfile.txt', 'r')
for line in file.readlines(): # read file
    s = line[:-1] # get rid of newline
    print s #print string
file.close()

I think I have some unnecessary steps in that program, because here is the
Perl equivalent:

#!/usr/bin/perl

open(FD, "testfile.txt");
while(<FD>) {
    print $_;
}
close(FD);

The Perl example is smaller and runs a few milliseconds faster, so could
someone please point out the deficiencies in my python script?

Thanks

-Sonny
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