ex-8-5.py

# Open the file mbox-short.txt and read it line by line.
# When you find a line that starts with 'From ' like the following line:
# From stephen.marquard@uct.ac.za Sat Jan  5 09:14:16 2008
# You will parse the From line using split() and print out the second word in the line (i.e. the entire address of the person who sent the message).
# Then print out a count at the end.
# Hint: make sure not to include the lines that start with 'From:'. Also look at the last line of the sample output to see how to print the count.

fname = input("Enter file name: ")
if len(fname) < 1:
    fname = "mbox-short.txt"

fileHandle = open(fname)
count = 0

for line in fileHandle:
    if line.startswith('From: '):
        test = line.split()
        print(test[1])

print("There were", count, "lines in the file with From as the first word")