suhail shaik wrote:
print fileName file = fileName.split(".")
......^^^^ this is a list
you're shadowing a builtin -- generally a bad practice
print file textfile = file[0]+".txt" print textfile os.chdir(PNAME) file(textfile,'wt')
......^^^^ and this is why HTH, Emile -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list