#!/usr/bin/python text_file = open("out.log.txt", "r") log = text_file.read() text_file.close() data = [] for line in log.splitlines(): if 'Total success rate: ' in line: ll = line.split(',') data.append(ll[0][24:]) print data text_file = open("rates.csv", "w") text_file.write('Add,Delete\n') text_file.write('{0},{1}\n'.format(data[0], data[1])) text_file.close()