Taking data from a text file to parse html page

[DH]

 I found this
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/d1bda6ebcfb060f9/ad0ac6b1ac8cff51?lnk=gst&q=replace+text+file&rnum=8#ad0ac6b1ac8cff51

Credit Jeremy Moles
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finds = ("{", "}", "(", ")")
lines = file("foo.txt", "r").readlines()

for line in lines:
        for find in finds:
                if find in line:
                        line.replace(find, "")

print lines

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I want something like
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finds = file("replace.txt")
lines = file("foo.txt", "r").readlines()

for line in lines:
        for find in finds:
                if find in line:
                        line.replace(find, "")

print lines

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Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> DH wrote:
>
> > I have a plain text file containing the html and words that I want
> > removed(keywords) from the html file, after processing the html file it
> > would save it as a plain text file.
> >
> > So the program would import the keywords, remove them from the html
> > file and save the html  file as something.txt.
> >
> > I would post the data but it's secret. I can post an example:
> >
> > index.html (html page)
> >
> > "
> > <div><p><em>"Python has been an important part of Google since the
> > beginning, and remains so as the system grows and evolves.
> > "</em></p>
> > <p>-- Peter Norvig, <a class="reference"
> > "
> >
> > replace.txt (keywords)
> > "
> > <div id="quote" class="homepage-box">
> >
> > <div><p><em>"
> >
> > "</em></p>
> >
> > <p>-- Peter Norvig, <a class="reference"
> >
> > "
> >
> > something.txt(file after editing)
> >
> > "
> >
> > Python has been an important part of Google since the beginning, and
> > remains so as the system grows and evolves.
> > "
>
> reading and writing files is described in the tutorial; see
>
>      http://pytut.infogami.com/node9.html
>
> (scroll down to "Reading and Writing Files")
>
> to do the replacement, you can use repeated calls to the "replace" method
>
>      http://pyref.infogami.com/str.replace
>
> but that may cause problems if the replacement text contains things that
> should be replaced.  for an efficient way to do a "parallel" replace, see:
>
>      http://effbot.org/zone/python-replace.htm#multiple
> 
> 
> </F>