import pandas as pd

from StringIO import StringIO

def readStoFile(fpath):

with open(fpath, 'r') as fin:

txtIn = fin.read()

fin.close()

# find header end

strEndHeader = 'endheader'

idx1 = txtIn.index(strEndHeader) + len(strEndHeader) + 1 # final \n

txtDat = txtIn[idx1:]

df = pd.read_csv(StringIO(txtDat), sep='\t')

return df