gistfile1.txt

# Open file
f=open(fname)

# Read number of channels
nchan=int(np.fromfile(f,dtype='float32',count=1)[0])

# Read channel frequencies
freq=np.fromfile(f,dtype='float32',count=nchan)/1000.0

# Read entire file
data=np.fromfile(f,dtype='float32').reshape(-1,nchan+1)

# Close file
f.close()