> each file into one master data file. The code below seems to be doing
> this perfectly. The problem is each of the data files has a header
> row in the first line, which I do not want in the master file. How
> can I skip that first line when writing to the master file? Any help
> is much appreciated. Thank you.
[snip]
> for zipfile in filelist:
> filein = gzip.GzipFile(zipfile,'r')
> filecontent = filein.read()
> filein.close()
> outfile.write(filecontent)
for zipfile in filelist:
for i, line in gzip.Gzipfile(zipfile,'r'):
if i: outfile.write(line)
should do the trick for you.
If you like a little more readable code, you can change that line to
if i <> 0: outfile.write(line)
or
if i == 0: continue
outfile.write(line)
whichever you like.
-tkc
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