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Sanjib SinhaBeginning Ethical Hacking with Kali Linuxhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3891-2_3

3. Elementary Linux Commands

Sanjib Sinha1 
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Howrah, West Bengal, India
 

Everything you have done so far in this book has been related to Linux. Maybe you’re a seasoned Windows user and you have never used any Linux distribution, but it really doesn’t matter. You can learn common Linux commands in no time. The same is true for the Python programming language and elementary algebra.

You might be asking, “Why should I take the trouble to learn Linux commands? Can I not practice my ethical hacking skills with any tool?”

My answer is, “No, you cannot move in the right direction if you don’t know elementary Linux commands.” In fact, after ...

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