recover photos snippet 1

gistfile1.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import sys

#open the tec file (first command line argument) in binary mode
fin = open(sys.argv[1], 'rb')

#open the jpg file for output (second command line argument) in binary mode
fout = open(sys.argv[2], 'wb')

#Read in the file
data = fin.read()

#The important part: remove the first 8 bytes and remove the last byte
fout.write(data[6:-1])

#close the file
fin.close()
fout.close()