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Penetration Testing with the Bash shell
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Penetration Testing with the Bash shell

by Keith M.
May 2014
Intermediate to advanced
150 pages
3h 18m
English
Packt Publishing
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Navigating and searching the filesystem

Navigating and searching the Linux filesystem is one of the most essential skills the developers, system administrators, and penetration testers will need to master in order to realize the full potential of their bash consoles and utilities. To properly master this skill, you will need a good understanding of the organization of your host operating system though it is a little out of context of this book to have a thorough discussion of the Kali Linux operating system's inner workings and organization.

Navigating a filesystem requires the use of a sample collection of the tools and utilities. Here's a breakdown of these tools:

Command name

Common name

Purpose

cd

Change Directory

This changes your current ...

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ISBN: 9781849695107