readtree.py

# def treenewck():
#     script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[0]))
#     path = os.path.join(script_dir, 'nexus')
#     for filename in glob.glob(os.path.join(path, '*.tre*')):
#         f = open(filename, 'r').read()

import re, os, glob, itertools, fnmatch, sys, shutil
# dirname, filename = os.path.split(os.path.abspath(__file__))
def treenewick():
    script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[0]))
#     print script_dir
    path = os.path.join(script_dir, 'tree.tre')
    with open(path, 'r') as content:
        newick = content.read()
    return newick
a = treenewick()
print a


# dirname, filename = os.path.split(os.path.abspath(__file__))
# print "running from", dirname
# print "file is", filename