Finding a text in raw data(size nearly 10GB) and Printing its memory address using python

[Hac4u]

On Monday, April 23, 2018 at 11:01:39 PM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 3:24 AM, Hac4u <samakshkaushik at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have a raw data of size nearly 10GB. I would like to find a text string and print the memory address at which it is stored.
> >
> > This is my code
> >
> > import os
> > import re
> > filename="filename.dmp"
> > read_data=2**24
> > searchtext="bd:mongo:"
> > he=searchtext.encode('hex')
> 
> Why encode it as hex?
> 
> > with open(filename, 'rb') as f:
> >     while True:
> >         data= f.read(read_data)
> >         if not data:
> >             break
> >         elif searchtext in data:
> >             print "Found"
> >             try:
> >                 offset=hex(data.index(searchtext))
> >                 print offset
> >             except ValueError:
> >                 print 'Not Found'
> >         else:
> >             continue
> 
> You have a loop that reads a slab of data from a file, then searches
> the current data only. Then you search that again for the actual
> index, and print it - but you're printing the offset within the
> current chunk only. You'll need to maintain a chunk position in order
> to get the actual offset.
> 
> Also, you're not going to find this if it spans across a chunk
> boundary. May need to cope with that.
> 
> ChrisA



I was encoding to try something.You can ignore that line..

Yea i was not maitaing the chunk position..Can u help me out with any link..I am out of ideas and this is my first time dealing with memory codes.

Regards
Samaksh