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What is the mistake in this script in python

How to fix this script is not showing any data:

Here is my code:

from hashlib import md5
counter = 1
pass_in = input('Enter the md5 hash: ')
pwfile = input('Please enter the passowrd file: ')

try:
    pwfile = open(pwfile,'r')
except:
    print('\nfile not found')
    quit()
for password in pwfile:
    filemd5 = md5()
    filemd5.update(password.strip().encode('utf-8'))
    filemd5.hexdigest()
    print('Trying password number')
    counter += 1

    if pass_in == filemd5:
        print('\n Match Found. \nPassword is: %s' + password)
        break
else:
    print('\n password not found!')

What did i forget?

what is the problem?

Solution

  • filemd5.hexdigest() doesn't transform the hash object into a string, it returns a string. Change that line to filemd5 = filemd5.hexdigest().

    Also in print('\n Match Found. \nPassword is: %s' + password) change the + to a %.