Generator to read a CSV file.

rows_from_a_csv_file.py

import csv


def rows_from_a_csv_file(filename, skip_first_line=False, dialect='excel', **fmtparams):
    with open(filename, 'r') as csv_file:
        reader = csv.reader(csv_file, dialect, **fmtparams)
        if skip_first_line:
            next(reader, None)
        for row in reader:
            yield row

## Example:
import sys
if __name__ == '__main__':
    csv_file_path = sys.argv[1]
    for row in rows_from_a_csv_file(csv_file_path, skip_first_line=True):
        print row[0]