import os filename = "data125.cu" file_write = "data45.cu" f_w = open(file_write,"w") with open(filename) as f: content = f.readlines() for i, line in enumerate(content): if i < 8: f_w.write(line) elif i >= 8: f_w.write(line[0:90]) f_w.write("\n") f_w.close()