def ru():
plane = hou.ui.paneTabOfType(hou.paneTabType.NetworkEditor)
parent = plane.pwd()
currentpos = plane.selectPosition()
lineList = []
file = open('path.txt', 'r')
lineList = file.readlines()
file.close()
for num in range(len(lineList)):
objmerge_name = 'objmer_' + lineList[num].split('/')[-1][0:-1]
objmerge = parent.createNode('object_merge', objmerge_name)
objmerge.parm('objpath1').set(lineList[num][0:-1])
objmerge.parm('xformtype').set(1)
objmerge.setPosition(currentpos)
currentpos[0] += 3