#!/usr/bin/env python3 import os lines = [] print("ready to recive data, please paste your data to import and press ENTER") while True: line = input() if line: lines.append(line) else: break text = lines entries = len(text) #Count the entries (for the output in the for loop) with open("temp.sql", "w") as out: for lines in text: out.write(lines + "\n")