#  Fileprint.py  Copyright (c) Kari Laitinen

#  http://www.naturalprogramming.com

#  2006-05-14  File created.
#  2022-12-18  Converted to Python 3.

#  This program does not check whether the file opening is
#  successful. The program can, however, inform the user if
#  the specified file does not exist.

#  The readline() method includes a newline character '\n'
#  at the end of the string that is read. An empty line thus
#  contains a single newline character. An empty string then
#  indicates the end of the file being read.

print( "\n This program prints the contents of a text"  \
       "\n file to the screen. Give a file name: ", end="" )

file_name_from_user  =  input()

file_to_print  =  open( file_name_from_user, 'r' )

line_counter  =  0
end_of_file_encountered  =  False

while  end_of_file_encountered  ==  False  :

   text_line_from_file  =  file_to_print.readline()

   if  text_line_from_file  ==  ""  :

      end_of_file_encountered  =  True

   else  :

      print( text_line_from_file, end="" )
      line_counter  +=  1

file_to_print.close()

print( "\n  %d lines printed." % line_counter )