Coordinates from a text file

[garry1415]

text = '''******F****
*****W*****'''
print ("text =",text)
ls = text.splitlines()
print ("ls =",ls)
ls2 = [[letter for letter in line] for line in ls]
print ("ls2 =",ls2)

could i apply this to a text file ill send you the code i have for that

def read_lines(filename):
    try:
        file = open(filename, 'r')
        readfile = file.readlines()
        return list(readfile)

    except FileNotFoundError:                                            
        return "{} does not exist!".format(filename)

and the file the code opens contains this
**X**
* *
**Y**