diff --git a/scripts/parse_counters.py b/scripts/parse_counters.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+import re
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Dict
+
+
+def parse_counters(filepath: Path, break_point: Dict) -> Dict:
+    if not filepath.is_file():
+        return {}
+    counters: Dict = {}
+    with open(filepath) as f:
+        for line in f:
+            counter, _, num = re.search(r"(.*): (\d*\.)*?(\d*)", line).groups()
+            num = int(num)
+            if counter in break_point and num >= break_point[counter]:
+                return counters
+            counters[counter] = num
+    return counters
+
+
+def dict2setcounters(counters: Dict):
+    counters_as_list = [(counter, counters[counter]) for counter in counters.keys()]
+    return ''.join(' ' * 4 + r'\setcounter{' + counter + '}{' + str(num) + '}\n' for (counter, num) in counters_as_list)
+
+
+# print(dict2setcounters(parse_counters(Path('~/Uni/semester-5/topologie-1/notes/master.counters').expanduser(),
+#                                     {'exercise': 5})))