Read file from line 2 or skip header row

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00:00 Read File From Line 2 Or Skip Header Row
00:12 Accepted Answer Score 584
00:19 Answer 2 Score 111
00:26 Answer 3 Score 30
00:40 Answer 4 Score 22
00:51 Answer 5 Score 9
00:55 Thank you

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Full question
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4796...

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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 584

with open(fname) as f:
    next(f)
    for line in f:
        #do something

ANSWER 2

Score 111

f = open(fname,'r')
lines = f.readlines()[1:]
f.close()

ANSWER 3

Score 22

If slicing could work on iterators...

from itertools import islice
with open(fname) as f:
    for line in islice(f, 1, None):
        pass

ANSWER 4

Score 9

f = open(fname).readlines()
firstLine = f.pop(0) #removes the first line
for line in f:
    ...