Easy question on opening a file

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"news.west.cox.net" <sean.berry2 at cox.net> wrote in message 
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>I want to check a directory, see if there are any files in it... then open 
>each one and do something.
>
> I have this...
>
> files = os.listdir('/direcory')
> if len(files) > 0:
>    for file in files:
>        f1 = file(file, "r")
>        do some other stuff

Figured out my mistake already.... 2 minutes later.
I should not be using the word file, which is a python keyword.


>
> But this raises a TypeError:
> TypeError: 'str' object is not callable
>
> So I tried replacing the line f1 = file(file, "r") with f1 = file('%s' 
> %file, "r")
> But that does not work either.
>
> I know this is easy, anyone care to point out the solution.
>
> Thanks.
>
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