[Tutor] bruteforce match word in text file

[bob gailer]

David wrote:
> bob gailer wrote:
>> David wrote:
>>> I have to ask for a pointer, not sure what I am doing wrong.
>>
>> The first thing you are doing "wrong" is failing to tell us what is 
>> in the wordlist file and what results you get when you run the program.
>>
>> Please re-post with that information.
>>>
>>> #!/usr/bin/python
>>> password = 'loser'
>>> wordlist = '/home/david/Challenge-You/wordlist.txt'
>>> try:
>>>     words = open(wordlist, 'r').readlines()
>>> except IOError, e:
>>>     print "Sorry no words"
>>> for word in words:
>>>     word = word.replace("\n","")
>>>     if password in word:
>>>         print word
>>>     else:
>>>         print 'You are a loser'
>>>
>>
>>
> wordlist.txt
>
> next block is the meat the script will go through the list of words 
> create our form with information encode that form and then apply that 
> loser get source added comments above each line to help you understand
>
> results;
>
> ./py_bruteforce.py
> next block is the meat the script will go through the list of words 
> create our form with information encode that form and then apply that 
> loser get source added comments above each line to help you understand
> You are a loser
>
Thank you. Please always post the relevant information, and if you get 
an exception, post the full traceback.

It looks like the file contains 1 line. So the for statement will put 
that line in word. 'loser' is in word so the print statement prints the 
line.

The program is working as written.

Now what can you change to get it to do what (I assume) you want - 
examine each "word" in the file, print the word if 'loser' is in it, and 
print 'You are a loser' ONLY if no words match.


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Bob Gailer
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