Python program to count the number of words in the file

#python file for finding the word count in a file

file=input("Enter the file name: ")
lines=open(file) #opening the file
g=dict() #creating a dictionary
for line in lines :
    line.rstrip() # to remove the escape sequences
    words=line.split()
    for word in words :
        g[word]=g.get(word,0)+1
print(g)