>> file('filename.txt').readlines()[-1] > Not to hijack the thread, but what stops you from just putting a > file.close() after your example line?
Which file should file.close() close? The problem is that we don't have a handle on the particular file we want to close off. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor