from collections import Counter import re prLines = [] # You need a consensus, easiest is to download from collector, e.g: https://collector.torproject.org/recent/relay-descriptors/consensuses/2021-10-29-23-00-00-consensus file = open("consensus", "r") while True: line1 = file.readline() if not line1: break if re.search("^v.*Tor 0.4.6.7", line1, re.IGNORECASE): line2 = file.readline() prLines.append(line2) c = Counter(prLines) for element in c.most_common(): print(element) #print(c.most_common()) print() print(c.most_common(1)[0][0]) file.close()