# Script Name : check_file.py # Author : Craig Richards # Created : 20 May 2013 # Last Modified : # Version : 1.0 # Modifications : with statement added to ensure correct file closure # Description : Check a file exists and that we can read the file from __future__ import print_function import sys # Import the Modules import os # Import the Modules # Prints usage if not appropriate length of arguments are provided def usage(): print('[-] Usage: python check_file.py [filename1] [filename2] ... [filenameN]') # Readfile Functions which open the file that is passed to the script def readfile(filename): with open(filename, 'r') as f: # Ensure file is correctly closed under file = f.read() # all circumstances print(file) print() print('#'*80) print() def main(): # Check the arguments passed to the script if len(sys.argv) >= 2: filenames = sys.argv[1:] filteredfilenames_1 = list(filenames) #To counter changing in the same list which you are iterating filteredfilenames_2 = list(filenames) # Iterate for each filename passed in command line argument for filename in filteredfilenames_1: if not os.path.isfile(filename): # Check the File exists print('[-] ' + filename + ' does not exist.') filteredfilenames_2.remove(filename) #remove non existing files from fileNames list continue # Check you can read the file if not os.access(filename, os.R_OK): print('[-] ' + filename + ' access denied') # remove non readable fileNames filteredfilenames_2.remove(filename) continue # Read the content of each file that both exists and is readable for filename in filteredfilenames_2: # Display Message and read the file contents print('[+] Reading from : ' + filename) readfile(filename) else: usage() # Print usage if not all parameters passed/Checked if __name__ == '__main__': main()