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Read file from line 2 or skip header row

Asked 2011-01-25T17:25:08.930
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How can I skip the header row and start reading a file from line2?

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with open(fname) as f:
    next(f)
    for line in f:
        #do something
answered 2011-01-25T17:26:45.267
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f = open(fname).readlines()
firstLine = f.pop(0) #removes the first line
for line in f:
    ...
answered 2011-01-25T17:36:27.417

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