import os import sys os.chdir('Y:/data/sw_pacific/tonga/anuga/topographies') polyline_file=open('topography_tongatapu.txt','r') lines=polyline_file.readlines() polyline_file.close() filetoedit= open('topography_tongatapu1.txt','w') q= 'easting,northing,elevation\n' filetoedit.write(q) for line in lines [0:]: field = line.split('\t') x= float(field[0]) y=float(field[1]) z=float(field[2]) s= '%f,%f,%f\n' %(x,y,z) filetoedit.write(s) filetoedit.close()