import time import csv file = "/home/lars/Schreibtisch/sequence.csv" with open(file) as f: csv_reader = csv.reader(f, delimiter=',') for row in csv_reader: if "delay" in row[0]: print("sleep " + row[0].split(" ")[1]) time.sleep(int(row[0].split(" ")[1])) else: f = 0 for i in row: print(i) print(str(f)) f += 1