s=open('/tmp/x.py').read() old='zc[z]=zc[z]+1' new=''' if r==1: print('CAND',j,par[16],i,h,k,T,M,P,Q,dY,R,z) zc[z]=sum((zc[z],1))''' s=s.replace(old,new) open('/tmp/y.py','w').write(s)