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+#! \usr\bin\env python3
+
+# Chapter 8 Practice Regex Text Files
+
+# Opens all .txt files in a folder and
+# then searches for any line that matches
+# a user-supplied regular expression.
+
+import os
+import re
+
+dirfiles = os.listdir('C:\\gam')
+
+print('What text do you want to search for?')
+userReg = str(input())
+stringRegex = re.compile(userReg)
+fileRegex = re.compile(r'\w+\.txt')
+
+for i in range(len(dirfiles)):
+    if fileRegex.search(dirfiles[i]):
+        openFile = open('C:\\gam\\' + dirfiles[i])
+        readFile = openFile.readlines()
+        for line in range(len(readFile)):
+            r = 0
+            if stringRegex.search(readFile[r]):
+                print(readFile[r])
+                r = r + 1
+
+