I have the following test.txt data, and I want to to check the occurrence of each state and show it as summary output. I am able to count how many times which state occurred using following logic for line in file: if 'success' in line: count+=1 but I am unable to add a column and append it to the end like my output. Any help will be highly appreciated. Sample Input ------------------------- 11/11/2015 9.9.9.9 30s success 11/11/2015 9.9.9.8 30s stuck 11/11/2015 9.9.9.9 30s Sync 11/11/2015 9.9.9.9 30s success 11/12/2015 9.9.9.9 30s success 11/12/2015 9.9.9.9 30s stuck 11/12/2015 9.9.9.9 30s stuck 11/12/2015 9.9.9.9 30s success 11/12/2015 9.9.9.8 30s success 11/12/2015 9.9.9.9 30s success 11/12/2015 9.9.9.9 30s stuck 11/12/2015 9.9.9.9 30s success 11/12/2015 9.9.9.9 30s Sync 11/12/2015 9.9.9.9 30s Sync --------------------Output I want ------------------------- 11/11/2015 9.9.9.9 success 2 11/11/2015 9.9.9.8 stuck 1 11/11/2015 9.9.9.9 Sync 1 11/12/2015 9.9.9.9 success 4 11/12/2015 9.9.9.9 stuck 3 11/12/2015 9.9.9.9 Sync 2 11/12/2015 9.9.9.8 success 1 Continue reading...