#!/usr/bin/env python
# MIT License
#
# Copyright (c) 2016 Karthik Jain <karthikjain@gmail.com>
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
# copies or substantial portions of the Software.

# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
# SOFTWARE.

def read(filename):
    searchList = []
    with open (filename) as f:
        for line in f:
            searchList.append(line)


# command line arguments are read from here.
if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) == 1:
        print("Reading alternate input file")
        read(sys.argv[1])
    
    else if len (sys.argv) > 1 :
        print("ERROR: cannot accept multiple files")
        sys.exit()

    else:
        print("Reading default input file")
        read('searchMe.txt')


#!/usr/bin/env python
# MIT License
#
# Copyright (c) 2016 Karthik Jain <karthikjain@gmail.com>
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
# copies or substantial portions of the Software.

# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
# SOFTWARE.

import sys

def read(filename):
    searchList = []
    with open (filename) as f:
        for line in f:
            searchList.append(line.rstrip())

    print (searchList)


# command line arguments are read from here.
if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) == 2:
        print("Reading alternate input file")
        read(sys.argv[1])
    
    elif len (sys.argv) == 1 :
        print("Reading default input file")
        read('searchMe.txt')

    else:
        print("ERROR: cannot accept multiple files")
        sys.exit()


fix syntax err, next line character