import random def get_random_line ( filename ) : try : with open ( str ( filename ) , "r" ) as file : _ = file . readlines ( ) string = random . choice ( _ ) . strip ( ) return string except FileNotFoundError : return - 1 result = get_random_line ( "smth.txt" ) if result != - 1 : print ( result ) else : print ( "Такого файла не существует." )