Extract rows and save to multiple csv files

I am trying to solve the following problem using Python: I've a table (csv) from which I want to extract consecutively row 1 + 2, then row 1 + 3, then row 1 + 4, etc. The extracts should be saved again as csv file and named according to the first string in the 2nd row to be extracted (2, 3, 4, 5,...). Now my question - is python the right tool to do this and is there any example code available?

Thanks a lot in advance for any help & hints!

Claude S.

+ Clarification:

Thanks for the feedback - actually I was trying to use the csv module to open and read the table using this code:

import csv
import sys

f = open(sys.argv[1], 'rt')
try:
    reader = csv.reader(f)
    for row in reader:
        print row

Now I am not sure how to select and write the required rows... sorry for the beginners kind of question. Claude S.

fname = argv[1]
with open(fname) as i:
    reader = csv.reader(i)

    first_row = next(reader)
    for cur_row in reader:
        out_name = cur_row[0]
        with open(out_name, 'wb') as o:
            writer = csv.writer(o)
            writer.writerow(first_row)
            writer.writerow(cur_row)

Hope it helps

I'm not convinced that you need the csv module (unless the first column could contain quotes and commas). If your file format is simple, just use split.

fname = argv[1]
with open(fname) as f:
    header = f.readline()
    # parse the rest of the lines. 
    for line in f:
        out_name = line.split(',')[0]
        with open(out_name, 'wb') as o:
            o.write(header)
            o.write(line)