[Tutor] Reading large bz2 Files

[Stefan Behnel]

Norman Rieß, 19.02.2010 13:42:
> i am trying to read a large bz2 file with this code:
> 
> source_file = bz2.BZ2File(file, "r")
> for line in source_file:
>     print line.strip()
> 
> But after 4311 lines, it stoppes without a errormessage.

What does "stops" mean here? Does it crash? Does it exit from the loop? Is
the above code exactly what you used for testing? Are you passing a
filename? What platform is this on?


> The bz2 file is much bigger though.

How many lines does it have? How did you count them? Did you make sure that
you are reading from the right file?


> How can i read the whole file line by line?

Just as you do above, and it works for me. So the problem is likely elsewhere.

Stefan