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Birdhunt CFT challenge done in bash and then AWK. Find the coordinates for the birds in the grid and finish all 200 rounds before the timeout.
#!/bin/bash
inround=false
exec 5<>/dev/tcp/35.231.207.196/15830
while true; do
if $inround; then
awk 'BEGIN {coords=""} /B|^$/ {
if(NF == 0)
exit
for(i=2;i<=NF;i++) {
if($i == "B")
coords = coords";("i-2","$1")"
}
} END {print substr(coords,2)}' <&5 >&5 && inround=false || echo huh
else
read row line <&5 || break
(( round == 200 )) && echo "$row $line" | grep flag && exit 0
[[ "$row" == "Round:" ]] && inround=true && round=$line
fi
done
echo "Got to round: $round"
exit 1
#!/bin/bash
start=false
coords=
exec 5<>/dev/tcp/35.231.207.196/15830
while read row line; do
# Loop through quickly to find the start of the first round
if ! $start; then
[[ "$row" == "Round:" ]] && start=true && round=$line
continue
fi
# Find the right time to submit the coordinates
[[ -z "$row" && ! -z "$coords" ]] && echo ${coords:1} >&5 && coords= && continue
# Check for which column the B is in
[[ "$line" == *"B"* ]] && column=0 && for line2 in $line; do
[[ $line2 == "B" ]] && coords="$coords;($column,$row)"
column=$(( column + 1))
done <<< "$line" && continue
[[ "$row" == "Round:" ]] && round=$line && continue
(( round == 200 )) && echo "$row $line" | grep flag && exit 0
done <&5
echo "Got to round: $round"
exit 1
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