#!/bin/python3 # input string, i.e. "xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx,xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx" macs_raw = "00:04:A5:A3:3B:B0,00:27:22:56:60:8D,00:27:22:56:68:DA,00:27:22:56:69:EC,00:27:22:56:6F:6B,00:27:22:56:6F:6B" # split the input string of mac address with a "," macs = macs_raw.split(",") def list_duplicates(seq): seen = set() seen_add = seen.add # adds all elements it doesn't know yet to seen and all other to seen_twice seen_twice = set( x for x in seq if x in seen or seen_add(x) ) # turn the set into a list (as requested) return list( seen_twice ) # get the duplicates for the list_duplicates() function dups = list_duplicates(macs) # Print number of duplicates print("Found %s duplicate(s)." % (len(dups))) # print a list of all duplicates for i in dups: print(i)