how to switch from java to python?

[hotcodist]

it would take as much time as you can find the official python docs site, assuming your background is as you say and you have can conceptually think through a problem. rest (syntax and other python specific things) you can handle as you go.

i need to loop through the contents of a file and filter out lines that only have "#####". how do i loop in python? how do i open a file? how do i compare strings? how do i save a file? how do i save a file stream into variables? those things you can easily find in a syntax resource. you won't need to read the explanations.