diff --git a/customscripts/hibp-download-parser.sh b/customscripts/hibp-download-parser.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+max=65535 # FFFF
+txtfile="/mnt/e/2025-12-17_hibp_sha1.txt"
+outdir="/mnt/e/hibp_parsed"
+
+if [ ! -d "$outdir" ]; then
+    echo "creating $outdir"
+    mkdir "$outdir"
+else
+    echo "clearing $outdir"
+    rm -f "$outdir/*"
+fi
+
+# remove the carriage returns from file
+# sed -i "s/\x0d//g" "$txtfile"
+
+for ((i = 0; i <= $max; i++)); do
+    HEX_VAL=$(printf "%04X" $i) # %04X to give padding 0s up to four
+    echo "$HEX_VAL"
+    rg -N "^$HEX_VAL" "$txtfile" >> "$outdir/$HEX_VAL.txt"
+    echo $?
+done
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