import sys InterestingBBs = 0 input = open(sys.argv[1], "r") for line in input: i = line.find(';') if i >= 0: line = line[:i] if line.startswith("interesting") or "%interesting" in line: InterestingBBs += 1 if InterestingBBs == 6: sys.exit(0) # interesting! sys.exit(1) # IR isn't interesting