#!/usr/bin/env python3 from sys import argv, exit if len(argv) !=3: print("Usage %s [parse file] [output file]" % argv[0]) exit(1) with open(argv[1], 'r') as myfile: text=myfile.read() myfile.close() temp= text.split("ID:") #print(temp) for i in temp: info=i.split("Qualities:") blocks_seen=set() matches=set() #blocks_seen.add(info[1]) print (len(info)) for j in range(len(info)): #for line in info[j]: print (info[j]) if info[j] in blocks_seen: print("Match found") matches.add(j) else: blocks_seen.add(info[j]) print(matches) #print (info[1])