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NEWBIE error regarding syntax
#1


i have started learning today. im using python 3
this is my code

from sys import argv
script, filename = argv
txt = open(filename)
print ("here is your file %r" %filename)
print txt.read()

it says invalid syntax
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#2
Just eyeballing it, you're not using parenthesis for the print function on your last line.
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