import os import sys from time import sleep file1 = open('/houndofbaskerville.txt', 'r') Lines = file1.readlines() INFINITE = False if 'INFINITE' in os.environ: INFINITE = True iterate = True while iterate: iterate = INFINITE # print the whole text to stdout count = 0 for line in Lines: count += 1 print(line.rstrip(), end='') print("") print(count) sleep(5) # print the whole text to stderr count = 0 for line in Lines: count += 1 print(line.rstrip(), end='', file=sys.stderr) print("", file=sys.stderr) print(count) sleep(5)