title: Reading tab-delimited file with Pandas - works on Windows, but not on Mac
body: <p>I've been reading a tab-delimited data file in Windows with Pandas/Python without any problems. The data file contains notes in first three lines and then follows with a header. </p>
  
  <pre><code>df = pd.read_csv(myfile,sep='\t',skiprows=(0,1,2),header=(0))
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm now trying to read this file with my Mac. (My first time using Python on Mac.) I get the following error.</p>
  
  <pre><code>pandas.parser.CParserError: Error tokenizing data. C error: Expected 1
  fields in line 8, saw 39
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>If set the <em>error_bad_lines</em> argument for <em>read_csv</em> to <em>False</em>, I get the following information, which continues until the end of the last row.</p>
  
  <pre><code>Skipping line 8: expected 1 fields, saw 39
  Skipping line 9: expected 1 fields, saw 125
  Skipping line 10: expected 1 fields, saw 125
  Skipping line 11: expected 1 fields, saw 125
  Skipping line 12: expected 1 fields, saw 125
  Skipping line 13: expected 1 fields, saw 125
  Skipping line 14: expected 1 fields, saw 125
  Skipping line 15: expected 1 fields, saw 125
  Skipping line 16: expected 1 fields, saw 125
  Skipping line 17: expected 1 fields, saw 125
  ...
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Do I need to specify a value for the <em>encoding</em> argument? It seems as though I shouldn't have to because reading the file works fine on Windows.</p>