将动态函数定义为字符串

I have a small python script which i use everyday......it basically reads a file and for each line i basically apply different string functions like strip(), replace() etc....im constanstly editing the file and commenting to change the functions. Depending on the file I'm dealing with, I use different functions. For example I got a file where for each line, i need to use line.replace(' ','') and line.strip()...I have a small python script which i use everyd