Btukfyl

Tried looking it up elsewhere, to no avail. How would I do something like, having Python read a file line, then use what's in that line as a variable for a different file?

Essentially, I want a different file that acts as a verification key, and when the content of the file (the passkey) is entered, my code recognizes that and passes it, then opening said file. I also want to be able to read a lockout file to check and see whether the user should be "locked out", and need to enter the passkey. Any possible way of doing this?

Update: I edited the code a little by my self, just so everyone is aware.

filename = ".UbuntuAlt/.Info.txt"

#I'm aware that the use of many of the "quit()" functions is ambiguous but idc

verify = ".UbuntuAlt/.Verify.txt"

locktxt = ".UbuntuAlt/.Lockout.txt"

#this is where I want to make ".Lockout.txt" verify whether the passkey needs to be used, and set variable "lockout" accordingly

infotxt = open(filename, "r")

verifyread = open(verify, "r")

locktestw = open(locktxt, "w")

locktestr = open(locktxt, "r")



if lockout == True:

    verify1 = raw_input("Please enter verification key: ")

    #this is where I want the code to read ".Verify.txt" and use its content as the passkey

    if verify1 == "look above":

        for line in infotxt:

            print line,

            infotxt.close()

            verifyread.close()

        lockout = False

        #this is where I want ".Lockout.txt" edited to be false-- I can do that myself though

        lockoutq = raw_input("Lockout is disabled. Reenable? [Y/n]: ")

        if lockoutq == "y" or "Y" or " ":

            #also where I plan on editing it

            quit()

        if lockoutq == "n" or "N":

            quit()

        else:

            lockdownerr = raw_input("Invalid input. [2] attempts remaining. Reenable? [Y/n]: ")

            if lockdownerr == "y" or "Y" or " ":

                #aaa

                quit()

            if lockdownerr == "n" or "N":

                quit()

            else:

                lockdownfinal = raw_input("Invalid input. [1] attempt remaining. Reenable? [Y/n]: ")

                if lockdownerr == "y" or "Y" or " ":

                    #aaa

                    quit()

                if lockdownerr == "n" or "N":

                    quit()

                else:

                    print "Invalid input. Enabling anyway."

                    #you get the point

                    quit()

    else:

        verifyread.close()

        print "You've inputted an invalid key. Aborting."

        quit()

else:

    for line in infotxt:

        print line,

        infotxt.close()

        verifyread.close()

    lockoutq2 = raw_input("Lockout is disabled. Reenable? [Y/n]: ")

    if lockoutq2 == "y" or "Y" or " ":

        #same as above w/ editing the lockout text

        quit()

    if lockoutq2 == "n" or "N":

        quit()

    else:

    lockdownerr = raw_input("Invalid input. [2] attempts remaining. Reenable? [Y/n]: ")

        if lockdownerr == "y" or "Y" or " ":

            #aaa

            quit()

        if lockdownerr == "n" or "N":

            quit()

        else:

            lockdownfinal = raw_input("Invalid input. [1] attempt remaining. Reenable? [Y/n]: ")

            if lockdownerr == "y" or "Y" or " ":

                #aaa

                quit()

            if lockdownerr == "n" or "N":

                quit()

            else:

                print "Invalid input. Enabling anyway."

                #you get the point

                quit()

this is where I want the code to read ".Verify.txt" and use its content as the passkey

I suggest you start with a much smaller example e.g.

verify1 = raw_input("Please enter verification key: ")

passkey = open(".Verify.txt").read().strip()

if verify1 == passkey:

    print("Match")

else:

    print("Not Match")

Similarly, you can open .Lockout.txt and check its contents for lockout

If you need to open a file for read/write, use "rw", not two variables for doing either against the same file.