I want to read a .csv file in python. I don't know if the file exists. My current solution is below. It feels sloppy to me because the two separate exception tests are awkwardly juxtaposed. Is there a prettier way to do it? import csv fName = "aFile.csv" try: with open(fName, 'r') as f: reader = csv.reader(f) for row in reader: pass #do stuff here except IOError: print "Could not read file:", fName Continue reading...