#!/usr/bin/env python f = open('first_file.txt', 'r') f1 = f.readlines() f.close() ff = open("second_file.txt", 'r') ff1 = ff.readlines() ff.close() ff = open("first_file.txt", 'w') for f in f1: ff.write(f) ff1[0] = '\n' + ff1[0] for f in ff1: ff.write(f) ff.close() f = open('first_file.txt', 'r') f1 = f.readlines() f.close() f1.remove(f1[0]) f1.remove(f1[-1]) ff = open("first_file.txt", 'w') for f in f1: ff.write(f) raw_input('Press any key')