with open('input/7', 'r') as file: lines = file.read().strip().split('\n') pwd = [] files = {} for line in lines: # print(pwd, line) if line[0] == '$': if line[2:4] == 'cd': _, _, newdir = line.rpartition(' ') if newdir == '/': pwd = [] elif newdir.startswith('/'): pwd = newdir[1:].split('/') elif newdir == '..': pwd.pop() else: pwd += newdir.split('/') elif line[2:4] == 'ls': pass elif line[:3] == 'dir': pass else: size, _, filename = line.partition(' ') l = int(size) dir = files for d in pwd: dir[d] = dir.get(d, {}) dir = dir[d] dir[filename] = l dir_sizes = {} def get_dir_size(dir_name, dir): if dir_name in dir_sizes: return dir_sizes[dir_name] s = 0 for filename, v in dir.items(): if isinstance(v, dict): s += get_dir_size(dir_name + '/' + filename, v) else: s += v dir_sizes[dir_name] = s return s get_dir_size('/', files) print(f'Part 1: {sum([v for v in dir_sizes.values() if v <= 100000])}') # 1118405 total_capacity = 70_000_000 need = 30_000_000 remaining_capacity = total_capacity - dir_sizes['/'] target = need - remaining_capacity print(f'Part 2: {sorted([v for v in dir_sizes.values() if v >= target])[0]}')