def main(): PT_INC = 25000 fileCT = 1 writtenCT = 1 flag = False rFile = open("dataToPts.txt", "r") wFile = open("data_" + str(PT_INC) + "_" + str(fileCT) , "w") lines = rFile.readlines() for line in lines: if writtenCT == PT_INC: wFile.close() fileCT += 1 writtenCT = 0 wFile = open("data_" + str(PT_INC) + "_" + str(fileCT) + ".txt", "w") wFile.write(line) writtenCT += 1 rFile.close() wFile.close() main()