Juergen Huber schrieb: > Fredrik Lundh wrote: >> Juergen Huber wrote: >> >>> ok...i thought as much, that i have to copy this file! >>> >>> how will i do that?! >>> how will i fix this file => delete the first line?! >>> >>> with which commands could i do that?! >> start here: >> >> http://docs.python.org/tut/node9.html#SECTION009200000000000000000 >> >> </F> > > that documentation i have already read, but it wouldn`t help me for my > problem! > i know, how i can read the first line an print them on the screen! > but...how can i say python, delete the first line?! > thats my problem! > in the entry of my posting i wrote, that i am a newbie and so please > understand me, that i ask so questions?! :-) > > thanks for your help!
simple! f = file("old.file") ignore = f.readline() file("new.file", "w+").write(f.read()) hth, Daniel -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list