Split a secret using Shamir Secret Sharing Scheme and then put each share in its own file with a specified note

shamir_split_to_files.py

#!/bin/python3

'''
Split a secret using Shamir Secret Sharing Scheme and then put each
share in its own file with a specified note.

Uses: ssss v0.5
'''

import subprocess
import os

N = int(input('Total number of shares: '))
T = int(input('Threshold (sufficient number of shares to recover the secret): '))
OUTPUT_DIR = input('Directory path for the shares: ')
TAG = input('Add a tag (or leave blank): ')

if TAG:
    TAG_ARG = f'-w {TAG}'
else:
    TAG_ARG = ''

NOTE = f'''!!! DO NOT DELETE !!!

This is one of the shares of my secret that I split using Shamir Secret Sharing Scheme.
Total shares: {N}.
Threshold {T}
Tag: {TAG}
'''

output = subprocess.check_output(
    f'ssss-split -t {T} -n {N} {TAG_ARG}',
    shell=True).decode()
lines = output.split('\n')
shares = lines[1:-1]

assert len(shares) == N

for i, share in enumerate(shares):
    share_with_note = NOTE + '\n' + share + '\n'
    print(share_with_note)

    file_path = os.path.join(OUTPUT_DIR, f'{i+1}_share.txt')
    with open(file_path, 'w') as f:
        f.write(share_with_note)

• Add code for combining files and recovering the secret.