a = open("adh2_enthi_sh.water","r") b = open("list.txt","w") new_line = list() k = 1 for i in a: new_line = i.split(" ") if new_line[0] == "#": if new_line[1] == "Score:": b.write(str(k)+"\t"+str(new_line[2])) k = k + 1 else: continue a.close() b.close()