How to read first N lines of a file?

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Python 3:

with open("datafile") as myfile:
    head = [next(myfile) for x in range(N)]
print(head)

Python 2:

with open("datafile") as myfile:
    head = [next(myfile) for x in xrange(N)]
print head

Here’s another way (both Python 2 & 3):

from itertools import islice

with open("datafile") as myfile:
    head = list(islice(myfile, N))
print(head)

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