Python read .txt-files header -

i need read information txt file header looks this:

date    20160122 sp number   8 gauge   250n internal total height    61 sp modell   sp2 corner distance 150   height  value   comment 60  nan  ...

i have python program program doing this:

depth, n = npy.loadtxt(filename, skiprows=8, unpack=true, usecols = usecols)

however read out of values header. there way this? interested value of "total height". on search seem find answers concerning .csv files.

i use open rather npy.loadtxt

with open(filename, 'r') the_file:     all_data = [line.strip() line in the_file.readlines()]     height_line = all_data[3]     data = all_data[8:]

then can parse value of height_line, total height. , data file in variable data.

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