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Introduction

In this lab, you will open a notebook environment to practice using functions and other syntax to import and parse text files in Python. You’ll be presented with a security scenario to explore throughout the lab. You’ll prepare a security log file for analysis and create a text file with IP addresses that are allowed to access restricted information.

What you'll do

Let's test our knowledge by playing around with some text files!

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Lab Start button

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Jupyter Notebook

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Before you begin

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