import re import fileinput def fixCookie(cookiefile): for line in fileinput.FileInput(cookiefile,inplace=1): if re.match("======",line): break print(line.replace("\n","")) fixCookie("./cookiesLocal.txt") # cookies=[] # with open("./cookiesLocal.txt", 'r+') as fp: # for line in fp: # if not re.match(r'^\#', line): # lineFields = line.strip().split('\t') # try: # cookies[lineFields[5]] = lineFields[6] # fp.write(line) # except: # print("Invalid cookie") # pass # print(str(cookies))