import sys import string transcript = open(sys.argv[1],'r') transcriptClass = open(sys.argv[2],'r') outfile = open(sys.argv[3],'w') f1lines = transcript.readlines() f2lines = transcriptClass.readlines() f1size = len(f1lines) # print f1size count = 0 #loop to append data from second argument to first arguement while count < f1size: # print count characters = list(f1lines[count]) characters[len(characters)-1:] = [] string = "".join(characters) fclines = string + "," + f2lines[count] outfile.write(fclines) count = count + 1 outfile.close() transcript.close() transcriptClass.close()