Writing to a certain line?

[Fredrik Lundh]

Tommy B wrote:

>> import os
>> old = open("/path/to/file.txt", "r")
>> new = open("/path/to/new.txt", "w")
>> for line in old:
>>   if line.strip() == "Bob 62"
>>     line = line.replace("62", "66")
>>   new.write(line)
>> old.close()
>> new.close()
>> os.rename("/path/to/new.txt", "/path/to/file.txt")

> Umm... I tried using this method and it froze. Infiinite loop, I'm
> guessing.

you have an infinitely large disk with an infinitely large file on it?

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