read input file a line as a list in python

[Yong Wang]

Hi, All:
I need to read a input file as soucre to process data. Ideally
if I can read a line from input file as a list (coloumn separate by
white space), reorganize field in a line. Does python has this kind of
command ?
for example, I read a line has:
"IP MAC Date..." as a line from input file, How can I only get MAC ?
Thanks,

Yong

[Matteo Dell'Amico]

Yong Wang wrote:

Hi, All:
I need to read a input file as soucre to process data. Ideally
if I can read a line from input file as a list (coloumn separate by
white space), reorganize field in a line. Does python has this kind of
command ?
for example, I read a line has:
"IP MAC Date..." as a line from input file, How can I only get MAC ?
Thanks,

Yong

If I understood you correctly, this should do something like what you want:

for line in file("filename"):
ip, mac, date = line.split()
print mac

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Ciao,
Matteo