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# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*- #!/usr/bin/python # by Jakcing 2019.02.17 # print first n lines or last n lines in big file import sys import getopt import linecache VERSION="1.1" def get_line_count(filename): line_count = 0 file = open(filename,'r+', encoding='utf-8') while True: buffer = (8192 * 1024 ) if not buffer: break line_count += ('\n') () return line_count def read_head_line(flist, line_num): for file_name in flist: print("===%s===" % file_name) f = open(file_name, 'r', encoding='utf-8') if(f): for i in range(line_num): print((), end='') def read_last_line(flist, line_num): for file_name in flist: () line_count = get_line_count(file_name) print('===%s=== line count total: %d' % (file_name, line_count)) line_count = line_count - line_num +1 print('===%s=== line %d to end' % (file_name, line_count)) for i in range(line_num): last_line = (file_name, line_count) # Read from line_count. print('line[%d]:%s' % (line_count, last_line), end='') line_count += 1 try: opts, args = ([1:], "hvn:t:", ["help", "output=", "numline=", "tail=", "version"]) except : print("argv error,please input") for cmd, arg in opts: if cmd in ("-h", "--help"): print("usage: -n number filename \nor -t number filename") () elif cmd in ("-n", "--numline"): # Print the line_num line at the beginning of the file line_num=int(arg) file_names=args[:] read_head_line(file_names, line_num) elif cmd in ("-t", "--tail"): # Print the line_num line at the end of the file line_num=int(arg) file_names=args[:] read_last_line(file_names, line_num) elif cmd in ("-v", "--version"): print("%s %s" % ([0], VERSION)) ()
The above tutorial on how to print the first few lines or the last few lines of a file in python is all I have to share with you.