viewCSVlines.py

#!/usr/local/bin/python
"""
View the head and as many lines as you wish
the last argv 9 will print the head and 7 lines
eight lines total
Usage: 
python viewCSVlines.py co2.csv 8
"""
import sys
filename = sys.argv[1]
num =  sys.argv[2]
num = int(num)
with open(filename) as myfile:
    head = [next(myfile) for x in xrange(num)]
    mystring = ''.join(head)
    print mystring