How do I print all lines in a text file except the first one?

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I have a userProfile text file in which the first line contains the username and password of said user. How do I print all the contents of the userProfile file except for the login details?(very first line in file.) I know how to print all of it, but how do i 'subtract' the first line?

What have you tried so far? – Klaus D. Dec 24 '19 at 13:07 — Klaus D., Dec 24 '19 at 13:07
Did you try `print(userProfile.readlines()[1:])`? – accdias Dec 24 '19 at 13:09 — accdias, Dec 24 '19 at 13:09

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 24 '19 at 13:11

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Read your file and ignore first line with [1:]

userlist = open(f'test.txt').readlines()[1:]
for user in userlist:
    print(user)

answered Dec 24 '19 at 13:11

ikibir

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There's no reason to read the entire file into memory first. – chepner Dec 24 '19 at 13:42
That doesn't really ignore the first line; it creates a copy of *all the other lines*. – chepner Dec 24 '19 at 13:45

How do I print all lines in a text file except the first one?

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