title: Python reading files in different local drive locations
body: <p>Could someone shed me some lights on the file path matter in Python?</p>
  
  <p>For example my codes need to read a batch of files, the file names are listed and stored in a .txt file, C:\filelist.txt, which content is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\1stfile.txt
  C:\2ndfile.txt
  C:\3rdfile.txt
  C:\4thfile.txt
  C:\5thfile.txt
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And the codes start with:</p>
  
  <pre><code>list_open = open('c:\\aaa.txt')
  read_list = list_open.read()
  line_in_list = read_list.split('\n')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>all run fine. But if I want to read files in another path, such as:</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\WorkingFolder\6thfile.txt
  C:\WorkingFolder\7thfile.txt
  C:\WorkingFolder\8thfile.txt
  C:\WorkingFolder\9thfile.txt
  C:\WorkingFolder\10thfile.txt
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It doesn’t work. I guess the path here C:\WorkingFolder\ is not properly put so Python cannot recognize it.</p>
  
  <p>So in what way I shall put it? Thanks.</p>
  
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  <p>hello all,</p>
  
  <p>sorry that maybe i didn't make my self clear.</p>
  
  <p>the problem is, a text file, c:\aaa.txt contains below:</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\1stfile.txt
  C:\WorkingFolder\1stfile.txt
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>why only C:\1stfile.txt is readable, but the other one not?</p>