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#
# misc.py - misc functions for the Ubuntu Developer Tools scripts.
#
# Copyright (C) 2008 Jonathan Davies <jpds@ubuntu.com>
# Copyright (C) 2008 Siegfried-Angel Gevatter Pujals <rainct@ubuntu.com>
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# Please see the /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL file for the full text of
# the GNU General Public License license.
#
# Modules.
import os
def readlist(filename, uniq=True):
""" Read a list of words from the indicated file. """
if not os.path.isfile(filename):
print 'File "%s" does not exist.' % filename
return False
content = open(filename).read().replace('\n', ' ').replace(',', ' ')
if not content.strip():
print 'File "%s" is empty.' % filename
return False
items = [item for item in content.split() if item]
if uniq:
items = list(set(items))
return items