diff --git a/readtree.py b/readtree.py
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--- a/readtree.py
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-# 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
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