HELP_LINES = [] with open('game.py', 'r') as f: for line in f.readlines(): if line.strip().startswith('## '): HELP_LINES.append(line.strip()[3:]) for line in HELP_LINES: if ' - ' in line: command, doc = line.split(' - ') print('`{}` - {}\n'.format(command, doc)) else: print(line) print()