python csv

#! /usr/bin/python
import csv

newlines=[]
with open("text.txt","r") as file1:
    lines=file1.readlines();
    for line in lines:
        #remove right \n,split string
        newline=line.rstrip('\n').split('\t')
        newlines.append(newline)

    #write to csv
with open("res.csv","a") as excel:
    for element in newlines:
        # print(element)
        #lineterminator is \r\n
        csvWrite=csv.writer(excel,lineterminator='\n')
        csvWrite.writerow([element[0]]+[element[1]])