from sys import argv

script, input_file = argv

def print_all(f):
	print f.read()

def rewind(f): # set the access position to the 0 (first) byte 
	f.seek(0) 

def print_a_line(line_count, f):
	print line_count, f.readline()

current_file = open(input_file)

print "First let's print the whole file :\n"

print_all(current_file)

print "Now let's rewind, kind of like tape."

rewind(current_file) 
# if we dont do this, then f.readline() won't produce anything
# since the acces position is at the last byte of the file

print "Let's print three lines:"

current_line = 1
print_a_line(current_line, current_file)

current_line = current_line + 1
print_a_line(current_line, current_file)

current_line += 1
print_a_line(current_line, current_file)

