root-1

Navigating the Linux file system using the command line.

Category: introduction (0x0) Points: 50

Description

This flag is contained somewhere in some file. Can you find this flag?

This challenge was designed to test your ability to use the man pages to understand how functions work and successfully and efficiently navigate the Linux terminal.

Flag

flag{hope_you_didnt_solve_manually}

Hints

1. Think about the format of the directory. What types of characters are in the files? What might not be there?

Solution

$ grep -r "flag{" .  

./YGE8xafxo1aDyyDaP64vFT5R/OYPuOaJxX4NlA2doAGOpb04y/v6nhCxEFm5Jk8xXfwi9vSEXS/i2nqw0ZUHwUy5G9udh0PqZCe/CQY19DujzCEOFWExctTxlA8e/e6kbvlh6ZCYcfTp9Yq5eJMwb:UP4APiMOtGHslVhRxPiJeYUYxTV2mJycZq7ahaO4MgjpSiflag{hope_you_didnt_solve_manually}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

grep formats results ./file:content_match.