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Im posting this in Homework as I am taking a self paced course.

Im on a Centos 6 vm.
There is both python 2.7.5 and 3.7 loaded.
I am not sure why I am getting the error given below.
Post preview shows that the alignment is incorrect.
The output = f.read() is lined up with the o in open
The print statement is lined up with the w in the with.

@localhost ~]$ python3.7
Python 3.7.4 (default, Jan  8 2020, 08:43:10) 
[GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-39)] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> with open("shver.txt") as f:
...      output = f.read()
... print(output)
  File "<stdin>", line 3
    print(output)
        ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>> 

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
Sum

output = f.read() should be indented one level.
the print function may be inside the context manager or out:

>>> with open("shver.txt") as f:
...     output = f.read()
...     print(output)

>>> with open("shver.txt") as f:
...     output = f.read()
>>> print(output)

Thanks ..

it is actually .. for some reason the forum interface doesnt like the paste of the resulting error.

Actually it would be

>>> with open("shver.txt") as f:
...     output = f.read()
...
>>> print(output)

i.e. you need to exit the context manager by entering blank line

yes. Thank you.

I played around last night and found that, yes, the print should be outside of the existing block.