'''
    linereader.py
    Jeff Ondich, 2013-01-04
    Updated for Python 3, 2019-01-04

    Reads lines from a file, prints them in upper-case, and prints
    a count of the lines at the end.
   
    Intended as the Python half of parallel examples in Python and
    Java. See LineReader.java.
'''

input_file_path = 'somelines.txt'

try:
    input_file = open(input_file_path)
except Exception as e:
    print('Cannot open {0}'.format(input_file_path), file=sys.stderr)
    exit()

number_of_lines = 0
for line in input_file:
    print(line.upper(), end='')
    number_of_lines += 1
print('\nNumber of lines: {0}'.format(number_of_lines))