patchme.py

wget https://artifacts.picoctf.net/c/201/patchme.flag.py

wget https://artifacts.picoctf.net/c/201/flag.txt.enc

I then looked at both files and found this in the python file.

This basically gives the password in plaintext in the function.

I then ran the python script: python3 patchme.flag.py

And entered the password given in the function ak98-=90adfjhgj321sleuth9000 and the flag was given.

Also if you wanted to just get the flag you can first run this command to direct the output to a file.

python3 patchme.flag.py | tee output.txt

Then all you have to do is grep for "pico".

cat output.txt | grep pico

If you want to put that in a flag.txt file you could do this.

cat output.txt | grep pico > flag.txt

Then cat flag.txt should give you just the flag.

Flag: picoCTF{p47ch1ng_l1f3_h4ck_f01e...}