batch mkdir using a file list

[Jeremy Jones]

DataSmash wrote:

>Hello,
>I think I've tried everything now and can't figure out how to do it.
>I want to read in a text list from the current directory,
>and for each line in the list, make a system directory for that name.
>
>My text file would look something like this:
>1144
>1145
>1146
>1147
>
>I simply want to create these 4 directories.
>It seems like something like the following
>code should work, but it doesn't.
>
>import os
>
>file = open("list.txt", "r")
>read = file.read()
>print "Creating directory " + str(read)
>os.mkdir(str(read))
>
>Appreciate any help you can give!
>R.D.  Harles
>
>  
>
Untested code:

import os
for line in open("list.txt", "r"):
    os.mkdir(line)


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