Coding for Penetration Testers

Chapter 1

Introduction to command shell scripting

Information in this chapter:

• On Shell Scripting

• UNIX, Linux, and OS X Shell Scripting

• Bash Basics

• Putting It All Together with bash

• Windows Scripting

• PowerShell Basics

• Putting It All Together with PowerShell

Shell scripts can be useful for a great many things in the penetration testing world, in the system administration world, in the network world, and in most any area that depends on computing technology to function. Shell scripts allow us to string together complex sets of commands, develop tools, automate processes, manipulate files, and more, while using a very basic set of development resources.

Particularly in penetration testing, the ability to write shell scripts can ...