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Newbie Ubuntu script problem - Kloontor - Sep-24-2018
I decided for my first Python project I would make a program that broke up a text file into individual passwords that would be attempted on a rar file until the solution was found. This is what I came up with:
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import os
with open("home/me/pwds","r") as a:
for lines in a:
for words in lines.split():
os.system("unrar x -y -p{} /home/me/documents/target.rar".format(words)
The prog.py was given execute permissions, and it throws this error when run as "sudo python prog.py":
File "program.py", line 12
^
Syntax error: invalid syntax
Any help appreciated.
RE: Newbie Ubuntu script problem - micseydel - Sep-24-2018
Your error says that it is on line 12, but you've posted fewer than 12 lines of Python. Please re-post with your whole code, and use code tags so that the indentation is not lost.
RE: Newbie Ubuntu script problem - Kloontor - Sep-24-2018
(Sep-24-2018, 03:25 AM)micseydel Wrote: Your error says that it is on line 12, but you've posted fewer than 12 lines of Python. Please re-post with your whole code, and use code tags so that the indentation is not lost.
I couldn't figure that out, I listed the whole code (indented properly. It was created in Gedit.
RE: Newbie Ubuntu script problem - Prabakaran141 - Sep-24-2018
Hi,
Can you remove all trailing extra lines in the code and check once?
RE: Newbie Ubuntu script problem - snippsat - Sep-24-2018
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import os
with open("home/me/pwds","r") as a:
for lines in a:
for words in lines.split():
os.system("unrar x -y -p{} /home/me/documents/target.rar".format(words))Last line your missing (words)).Use subprocess instead
os.system() security reasons and other problems.Quote:os.system() and os.popen*() have been deprecated since Python 2.6 in favor of the subprocess module.
RE: Newbie Ubuntu script problem - Prabakaran141 - Sep-24-2018
yes, there was no proper closing brace')'.
Thanks for replying snippsat.
RE: Newbie Ubuntu script problem - Kloontor - Sep-24-2018
(Sep-24-2018, 10:31 AM)Prabakaran141 Wrote: yes, there was no proper closing brace')'. Thanks for replying snippsat.
Ah thanks guys headed back in to work on it.