#  FileprintAlternative.py  Copyright (c) Kari Laitinen

#  http://www.naturalprogramming.com

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

#  An alternative version of program Fileprint.py

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

for  text_line  in  file_to_print :

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

file_to_print.close()

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