2016/5v2

.gitignore

 *.dat
+*.cache
 __pycache__/
 .DS_Store
 venv/

toolkit.py

 import collections
+import itertools
 import os
 import re
 import subprocess
     Path(path).write_bytes(response.content)
 
 
-def md5(strings):
-    cmd = ['md5'] + [c for s in strings for c in ['-s', s]]
-    out = subprocess.check_output(cmd).decode()
-    return re.findall(r'"(.+)"\) = (.+)', out)
+def md5gen(template, pattern=r'.+', batch=6000):
+    for i in itertools.count():
+        strings = (template.format(i=i * batch + k) for k in range(batch))
+        args = [c for s in strings for c in ['-s', s]]
+        out = subprocess.check_output(['md5'] + args).decode()
+        yield from re.findall(rf'"(.+)"\) = ({pattern})', out)

y2016/p05.py

-import itertools
 import sys
 
 import toolkit
 
 
 text = sys.stdin.read().strip()
-password1 = []
+password1 = ['_' for _ in range(8)]
 password2 = ['_' for _ in range(8)]
-for i in itertools.count():
-    strings = [f'{text}{1000 * i + k}' for k in range(1000)]
-    for string, digest in toolkit.md5(strings):
-        if digest.startswith('00000'):
-            print(string, digest)
-            password1.append(digest[5])
-            if digest[5] in '01234567' and password2[int(digest[5])] == '_':
-                password2[int(digest[5])] = digest[6]
-    if len(password1) >= 8 and '_' not in password2:
+for string, digest in toolkit.md5gen(f'{text}{{i}}', pattern=r'00000.+'):
+    if '_' in password1:
+        password1[password1.index('_')] = digest[5]
+    if digest[5] in '01234567' and password2[int(digest[5])] == '_':
+        password2[int(digest[5])] = digest[6]
+    print(digest, string, ''.join(password1), ''.join(password2))
+    if '_' not in password1 + password2:
         break
-print(''.join(password1[:8]))
-print(''.join(password2[:8]))