Open file in Python with path code example

Example 1: open file in python directory

path = 'C:\\Users\\Username\\Path\\To\\File'
file=open(path, "r")

Example 2: how to make all my files to work together in python

>>> import os
>>> entries = os.listdir('my_directory/')

Example 3: get path of open file python

>>> f = open('/Users/Desktop/febROSTER2012.xls')
>>> f.name
'/Users/Desktop/febROSTER2012.xls'