#!/usr/bin/env python

#example file
# >sn: LASTNAME1
# >description: DESC BLAH BLAH ONE
# >givenName: FIRSTNAME1
# >accountExpires: 2011/01/23


#global var r_file points to file to be read
r_file = "file.txt"

#open file for reading; str handle f_stream
with open(r_file) as f_stream:
    entryList = f_stream.readlines();

#print list entries
for l in entryList:
    l[1:].split(':')[0]
    print l

#pooping
print "total lines:", len(entryList)

#close ref to f_stream
f_stream.close()