Wordcount (determines the wordcount of a directory of .txt files)

ash_wordcount.py

"""
 
        ash_wordcount.py
        by me@aaronhildebrandt.com
       
        Crawls through every .txt file in the current directory and gives you a
        total word count for all the documents.
       
        Prerequisities:
                None
       
        Usage:
                python wordcount.py
 
"""


import os

file_list = os.listdir(".")
textfiles = []
wordcount = 0

for f in file_list:
	if f[-3:] == "txt":
		textfiles.append(f)
for f in textfiles:
	file = open(f)
	while True:
		line = file.readline()
		if not line:
			break
		wordcount += len(line.split(None))
print
print "Files:\t\t", len(textfiles)
print "Wordcount:\t", wordcount
print "Average:\t", (wordcount/len(textfiles)), "words/file"
print