Id like to add some error prevention into this part of my code. The user is supposed to type in a .txt file to open, but I dont want my program to crash if they type in something else. I'd just want it to print a message saying "enter correct file format" instead.

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Id like to add some error prevention into this part of my code. The user is supposed to type in a .txt file to open, but I dont want my program to crash if they type in something else. I'd just want it to print a message saying "enter correct file format" instead. 

if option == 1: #load in the shapes file for reading
inputFileName = input("Enter name of input file: ")
inputFile = open(inputFileName, "r")
print(menu()) # reprints the menu
for line in inputFile:
# skips the blank lines:
if line.strip() == "":
continue
# skip the lines beginning with #:
elif line[0] == "#":
continue
else:

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