Basic filter function - Printable Version

Code:
def clean(name):

        #add any curses you like, the keys represent curses, their values represent them filtered

        curses = {'crap' : 'crap', 'bitch' : 'female dog', 'fudge' : 'fudge'}



        string = ''



        file = open(name)

        reader = file.readlines()

        for x in reader:

                string = string.join(x) 

        file.close 

        for x in curses.keys():

                if x in string:

                        string = string.replace(x, curses[x])



        file = open(name, 'w')

        file.write(string) 

        file.close

        print 'The file hase been successfully filtered'

        



if __name__ == '__main__':

        name = str(raw_input('What is the name of the file you want filtered?:'))

        clean(name)