import sys import string transcript = open(sys.argv[1],'r') outfile = open(sys.argv[2],'w') index = -1 start = 0 lines = transcript.readlines() tsize = len(lines) lsize = len(lines[0].split(",")) #outer while loop to loop through all line strings in list while start < lsize + 1: #print start count = 0 index = index + 1 while count < tsize: strings = lines[count].split(",") nsize = len(strings) #print nsize if index < nsize and count <= tsize-2: if index == nsize - 1: # print strings[index] # print nsize characters = list(strings[index]) characters[len(characters) - 1:] = [] string = "".join(characters) outfile.write(string) outfile.write(",") else: # print strings[index] # print nsize outfile.write(strings[index]) outfile.write(",") elif index < nsize: if index == nsize-1: # print strings[index] # print nsize characters = list(strings[index]) characters[len(characters):] = [] string = "".join(characters) outfile.write(string) else: # print strings[index] # print nsize outfile.write(strings[index]) outfile.write("\n") count = count + 1 start = start + 1 transcript.close() outfile.close()