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brute_md5.lua

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+-- This approach will take something septillion years
+
+local md5 = require 'md5'
+
+function edit_file(input_file, line, content)
+  local file = io.open(input_file, 'r')
+  local file_content = {}
+  for line in file:lines() do
+      table.insert(file_content, line)
+  end
+  io.close(file)
+
+  file_content[line] = content
+
+  file = io.open(input_file, 'w')
+  for index, value in ipairs(file_content) do
+      file:write(value..'\n')
+  end
+  io.close(file)
+end
+
+local attempts = 0
+
+repeat
+  local random_md5  = md5.sumhexa(attempts)
+  edit_file('i_know_my_md5.lua', 13, "local md5_expected = '" .. random_md5 .. "'")
+  local match = require('i_know_my_md5')
+  attempts = attempts + 1
+  print(attempts)
+until(match)