This is bill's method written out in code which is the python you seek, young warrior! inname = 'inputfile' outname = 'outfile' infile = open(inname,'r') outfile = open(outname,'w') infile.readline() line = infile.readline() while line != "": outfile.write(line) infile.close() outfile.close() os.rename(inname,outname)