Kali Linux Network Scanning Cookbook - Second Edition

How to do it...

The example that follows demonstrates how we can use the Bash scripting language to extract information from Nmap's greppable format. We then use that information to run Nikto against hosts running web services:

#! /bin/bashif [ ! $1 ]; then echo "Usage: #./script <file>"; exit; fifile=$1for x in $(grep open $file | grep 80 | cut -d " " -f 2); do       echo "Nikto scanning the following host: $x"       nikto -h $x -F text -output /tmp/nikto-scans/$x.txtdone

1. To ensure that the functionality of the script is understood, we will address each line in sequence:
   • The first few lines are similar to scripts that were discussed in previous recipes. The first line points to the Bash interpreter, the second line checks that arguments are provided, ...