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duplicate finder (trackers).py

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+from os import system
+
+#remove pre- and postfix from url, mainly for pinging 
+def shortenUrl(host):
+    host = host.replace("udp://", "")
+    host = host.replace("tcp://", "")
+    host = host.replace("http://", "")
+    host = host.replace("https://", "")
+    host = host.replace("/announce", "")
+    newHost = ""
+    for letter in host:
+        if letter == ":":
+            break
+        else:
+            newHost = newHost + letter
+    return(newHost)
+
+
+def ping(host):
+    if system(f"ping {host} -n 1") == 0:
+        return True
+    else:
+        return False
+
+f = open("input.txt", "r")
+trackers = f.read()
+f.close()
+
+endList = []
+
+for line in trackers.split():
+    if line not in endList:
+        url = shortenUrl(line)
+        if ping(url) == True:
+            endList.append(line)
+            print(line + " " + "appended")
+        else:
+            print(line + " removed inactive tracker")
+    else:
+        print(line + " " + "removed duplicate")
+
+
+newList = open("output.txt", "w")
+for item in endList:
+    newList.write(item + "\n")
+newList.close()
+
+
+
+input("successfully wrote file")
+
+
+