what about the following?
f = open( 'file.txt', 'r' )
lines = f.readlines()
f.close()
f = open( 'file.txt'.'w' )
f.write( '\n'.join( lines[1:] ) )
f.close()
cheers,
pieter
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 12:42:00 +0000, Peter Nuttall
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 01:27:27PM +0100, Tor Erik S?nvisen wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > How can I read the first line of a file and then delete this line, so that
> > line 2 is line 1 on next read?
> >
> > regards
> >
> >
>
> I think you can do something like:
>
> n=false
> f=file.open("") #stuff here
> g=[]
> for line in f.readlines():
> if n: g.append(line)
> n=true
>
> #write g to file
>
> if you are on a unix box, then using the standard untils might be a
> better idea.
>
> Pete
>
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