#! /usr/bin/env python ''' to run: $./phylip_to_fasta file.phy ''' import sys f = open(sys.argv[1], 'r') f2 = open(str(sys.argv[1])+'.fasta', 'w') content = f.readlines() new=[] for i in range(1, len(content)): new.append(content[i].split()) for i in range(len(new)): f2.write('>' + new[i][0] + '\n' + new[i][1] + '\n') f2.close() f.close()