csvname = 'top10milliondomains.csv' output = 'top10kdomains.csv' amount = 10000 counter = 0 with open(csvname, 'r') as file: with open(output, 'w+')as fileout: while counter <= amount: domain = file.readline().split(",")[1].strip('"') if domain == "Domain": continue fileout.write(f"{domain}\n") counter += 1