fname = raw_input('Enter the file name: ') if fname == 'na na boo boo' : print 'NA NA BOO BOO TO YOU - You have been punkd!' exit() try: fhand = open(fname) except: print 'File cannot be opened:', fname exit() count = 0 for line in fhand: if line.startswith('Subject:') : count = count + 1 print 'There were', count, 'subject lines in', fname