python read file contents into a list code example

Example 1: python read text file to list

with open(filename) as f:
    content = f.readlines()
# you may also want to remove whitespace characters like `\n` at the end of each line
content = [x.strip() for x in content]

Example 2: python read file into a list

f = open(filename, "r")
   listItems = f.read().splitlines()