Problem: Python printing one line on two lines!

The script opens a file with TWO LINES:
-> this\is\the\first\line <----these are actually directories
-> this\is\the\second\line <----these are actually directories

I want this: (when i print)
this\is\the\first\line_new
this\is\the\second\line_new

Instead I get this:
this\is\the\first\line
_new
this\is\the\second\line_new

Notice that the second line is ok because there isn't a third line, first line is not ok beacuse of the second line, how can i print the "_new" on the same line (first line) like with line two? if i add a third line, line two does the same? this is a BUG in python.

re: Problem: Python printing one line on two lines!

Nope, no bug here. You need to strip the newline character!

re: Problem: Python printing one line on two lines!

I used re.sub("\n","",my_line). Thanks anyway for the reply.

re: Problem: Python printing one line on two lines!

Of course that works, but I much prefer to use string methods where possible over re.

re: Problem: Python printing one line on two lines!

strings module present rstrip and lstrip structures.
Use (head,tail) = os.path.split(l__line.rstrip('\n'))

re: Problem: Python printing one line on two lines!

In your example, rstrip() and lstrip() are string methods. The string module defines rstrip() and lstrip() as functions. These functions are deprecated, but remain in Python versions prior to 3.0.