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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# 2022 - Advent Of Code 7 part 2
+
+# file = 'input_example.txt'
+file = 'input.txt'
+
+dir_history = ""
+dir_size = {}
+cur_dir = ''
+with open(file, encoding="utf-8") as f:
+    for line in f.readlines():
+        if line.startswith('$'):
+            command = line.strip().split(' ')[1]
+            # print(f'command: {command} received')
+            if command == 'ls':
+                print(f'listing directory {dir_history}')
+            elif command == 'cd':
+                new_dir = line.strip().split(' ')[2]
+                if new_dir == '..':
+                    cur_size = dir_size[dir_history]
+                    dir_history = dir_history[:dir_history.rfind('/')]
+                    dir_size[dir_history] += cur_size
+                    print(f'back to directory {dir_history}')
+                else:
+                    if new_dir.endswith('/'):
+                        dir_history += new_dir
+                    else:
+                        dir_history += "/" + new_dir
+                    print(f'changing directory to {dir_history}')
+                    dir_size[dir_history] = 0
+        else:
+            if line.startswith('dir'):
+                directory = line.strip().split(' ')[1]
+                print(f'found dir {directory}')
+            else:
+                size, filename = line.strip().split(' ')
+                print(f'found file {filename} of size {size}')
+                dir_size[dir_history] += int(size)
+
+
+# back to root to account dirs
+while len(dir_history) > 1:
+    cur_size = dir_size[dir_history]
+    dir_history = dir_history[:dir_history.rfind('/')]
+    dir_size[dir_history] += cur_size
+
+print(dir_size)
+
+needed_space = 30000000 - (70000000 - dir_size['/'])
+print(f'needed space: {needed_space}')
+
+sizes = list(dir_size.values())
+sizes.sort()
+for s in sizes:
+    if s > needed_space:
+        print(s)
+        break