I wanted to also say that this file is really huge, so I cannot just do a read() and then split on ">" to get a record thanks lee
On May 31, 1:26 pm, Lee Sander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear all, > I would like toreada really hugefilethat looks like this: > > > name1.... > > line_11 > line_12 > line_13 > ...>name2 ... > > line_21 > line_22 > ... > etc > > where line_ij is just a free form text on that line. > > how can ireadfileso that every time i do a "read()" i get exactly > onerecord > up to the next ">" > > many thanks > Lee -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
