txt to list python

1# name.txt
2david
3mary
4john
5
6
7with open('names.txt', 'r') as f:
8    myNames = [line.strip() for line in f]
9    
10# Result
11
12['david','mary','john']

1with open('file1.txt','r') as f:
2	listl=[]
3	for line in f:
4		strip_lines=line.strip()
5		listli=strip_lines.split()
6		print(listli)
7		m=listl.append(listli)
8	print(listl)

1with open('names.txt', 'r') as f:
2    myNames = [line.strip() for line in f]
3