def getitems(iterable, items):
  items = list(items) # get a list from any iterable and make our own copy
                      # since we modify it
  if items:
    items.sort()
    for n, v in enumerate(iterable):
      if n == items[0]:
        yield v
        items.pop(0)
        if not items:
          break

print list(getitems(open("/usr/share/dict/words"), [25, 29]))
# ['Abelson\n', 'Abernathy\n']
# note that index 25 is the 26th item

def getitems(iterable, items):
  items = list(items) # get a list from any iterable and make our own copy
                      # since we modify it
  if items:
    items.sort()
    for n, v in enumerate(iterable):
      if n == items[0]:
        yield v
        items.pop(0)
        if not items:
          break

print list(getitems(open("/usr/share/dict/words"), [25, 29]))
# ['Abelson\n', 'Abernathy\n']
# note that index 25 is the 26th item

文件对象有一个.readlines()方法，它将为您提供文件内容的列表，每个列表项一行。在此之后，您可以使用普通的列表切片技术。

http://docs.python.org/library/stdtypes.html#file.readlines

如果你想看第7行

line = open("file.txt", "r").readlines()[7]

你可以用已经有人提到过的语法很简单地做到这一点，但这是迄今为止最简单的方法:

inputFile = open("lineNumbers.txt", "r")
lines = inputFile.readlines()
print (lines[0])
print (lines[2])

从某一行读出:

n = 4   # for reading from 5th line
with open("write.txt",'r') as t:
     for i,line in enumerate(t):
         if i >= n:             # i == n-1 for nth line
            print(line)