import sys import re try: input_path = sys.argv[1] output_path = sys.argv[2] except IndexError: print("You need to specify the path to the .rot file as the first parameter and the output file path as the second parameter e.g. python linebreakadder.exe Rotation.rot output.rot") exit(-1) with open(input_path, "r") as f: input_ = f.read() lines = re.sub(r"\n{2,}", "\n", input_) thelastnumber = None output = "" for i, line in enumerate(lines.split("\n"), 0): if line.split(" ")[0] != thelastnumber and output != "": output += "\n" output += line + "\n" thelastnumber = line.split(" ")[0] with open(output_path, "w") as fo: fo.write(output[:-2])