from easybits import Bits from collections import Counter from ciphers.caesar import CaesarCipher def crack_caesar(ciphertext): fulltext = '' with open(ciphertext,"r") as text: for line in text: cleanline = line.strip() for char in cleanline: fulltext += char counter = Counter(fulltext) countdict = dict(counter) print(countdict) maximum = max(countdict.values()) target = '' for char in countdict: if countdict[char] == maximum: target = char diff = Bits(target,8).int - Bits(" ",8).int cipher = CaesarCipher(diff) decryptedtext = cipher.decrypt(fulltext) return diff, decryptedtext