Grouping specific tasks for various users from a txt. file in python

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I have a task where I have to create a summary of each users tasks which are listed in a txt file. For example the summary must include how many tasks are assigned to each user, how many have been completed, how many are overdue etc. I figured out a very simplistic system where I create a list for each user, however this is not modular at all, because if a new user is created it will completely overlook them. I am really struggling to come up with some modular logic, so any help will be greatly appreciated.

The text file is structured as follows: user name, task title, task description, due date, issued date, completed (Yes/No) e.g.:

james, hello, hello world, 30/Jun/2022, 26 May 2022, Yes

I don't have a lot of code for this, as I am not sure where to begin but this is what I have so far:

# For user overview:

# Creating new txt.file for summary to be output in

user_ov = open('user_overview.txt','w+')

# Opening and reading task text file

task_file = open('tasks.txt','r+')
task_content = task_file.readlines()

# Isolating specific users tasks by name

for line in task_content:
    split_task = line.split(", ")
    user_name = split_task_cont[0]
    
    for user_name in task_content:
        user_name = []
        
# Calculating the length of all the created lists  

num_users = len(file_content)

# Writing the values into the txt file

user_ov.write(f"The total number of users is {length_user}\n")
user_ov.write(f"The total number of tasks is {length_task}\n")
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