#!/usr/bin/env python """Remove all lines after a given marker line. """ from __future__ import print_function import fileinput import sys def main(args): filename = args[0] marker = args[1] for line in fileinput.input(filename, inplace=1): print(line.rstrip()) if line.startswith(marker): break if __name__ == '__main__': main(sys.argv[1:])