from socket import * import select sock = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM) sock.connect(("semtex.labs.pulltheplug.org", 24000)) data = "" while 1: a = sock.recv(1) if a == "": break else: data += a bool = 1 newdata = "" for char in data: if bool == 1: newdata += char bool = 0 else: bool = 1 f = open("newfile", "w+") f.write(newdata)