#! /usr/bin/python import re f=open('/cluster/var/user-info', 'r') takeline = False projectline = '' for line in f : if re.search('', line) : takeline = True if takeline == True and not re.search('', line) and not re.search('', line) : if re.search('projects', line) : projectline = line.split() projects = projectline[1].split(',') if re.search('', line): break print projects[0], projects[1]