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+import sys
+import os
+from pprint import pprint
+import time
+import math
+
+#colors
+from termcolor import colored
+
+grid = []
+
+def p(x,*args):
+    for idx,i in enumerate(x):
+        for jdx,j in enumerate(i):
+            if j == '#':
+                print(colored(j,'red'),end='')
+            #elif (idx,jdx) in steps:
+            #    print(colored(j,'green'),end='')
+            else:
+                print(j,end='')
+        print()
+
+
+with open(sys.argv[1]) as file:
+    for line in file:
+        grid.append(list(line.rstrip()))
+
+steps = []
+
+ngrid = []
+
+def rotate_grid(grid,times):
+    for i in range(times):
+        grid = list(zip(*grid[::-1]))
+    p(grid)
+    return grid
+
+def find_sym(grid):
+    mirror = 0
+    found = False
+
+    for c,col in enumerate(grid):
+        if c+1 < len(col) and not found:
+
+
+    for r,row in enumerate(grid):
+        if r+1 < len(grid) and not found:
+            print('testing ' + str(r))
+            if grid[r] == grid[r+1]:
+                for c in range(r,-1,-1):
+                    if (r-c)+r+1 < len(grid):
+                        if grid[c] == grid[(r-c)+r+1]:
+                            found = True
+                            mirror = r+1
+                        else:
+                            return None
+    return mirror
+
+tmp = []
+for i in grid:
+    if i == []:
+        print('new grid')
+        pprint(tmp)
+        print(find_sym(tmp))
+        tmp = []
+    else:
+        tmp.append(i)
+