[('text', '10', 'text'), ('text', '30', 'text'), ('text', '2 - 99', 'text'), ('text', '7 - 0', 'text')]

c = [('text', '10', 'text'), ('text', '30', 'text'), ('text', '2 - 99', 'text'), ('text', '7 - 0', 'text')]
print c[0]
text = []
for line in open("wdl_info_zip.txt", "r").read().split("\n"):
    for x in line[1:len(line)-1].split("]["):
        if x:
            print text.append(x)
print text[0]

>>> demo = """[('t1','10','t1'), ('t2', '20', 't2')]
... [('t3', '30', 't3'), ('t4', '40', 't4')]"""
>>> import ast
>>> x = []
>>> for line in demo.splitlines():
...     x.extend(ast.literal_eval(line))
...
>>> x[0]
('t1', '10', 't1')
>>> x
[('t1', '10', 't1'), ('t2', '20', 't2'), ('t3', '30', 't3'), ('t4', '40', 't4')]
>>> x[1]
('t2', '20', 't2')
>>>