My Notes Hub
  • 📍Introduction Page
  • ⭐Learning Process
    • 🧠Learning Mindset
    • 🖇️Learning Dependencies
    • 🧮Learning Process
  • 🔠Fundamentals
    • 🛜Networking Fundamentals
    • 🐧Linux Fundamentals
      • Introduction
    • 🪟Windows Fundamentals
    • 🕵️Active Directory
    • 🕸️Introduction to Web Applications
  • 🧰Tools
    • Nmap
    • Nessus
    • Ffuf
    • Hydra
    • John The Ripper
  • ✍️Write Ups
    • 🗃️Hack The Box Machines
      • Irked
      • Nibbles
      • Brainfuck
      • Lame (Check)
  • 📋Cheat Sheets
    • Penetration Testing Cheat Sheet
  • 🪪Certificates
    • Penetration Tester (HTB CPTS)
      • Penetration Testing Process
      • Reconnaissance, Enumeration & Attack Planning
        • Network Enumeration with Nmap (Continue Here)
        • Footprinting (Just Do Formatting)
        • Vulnerability Scanning (Check)
        • File Transfers (Continue Here)
        • Using the Metasploit Framework
        • Web Information Gathering
      • Exploitation & Lateral Movement
        • Attacking Common Services (Just Do Formatting)
      • Web Exploitation
        • Using Web Proxies (Check)
        • Attacking Web Applications With Ffuf (Check)
        • Login Bruteforcing
        • Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
        • Command Injection
        • SQL Injection
        • File Upload Attacks
        • File Inclusion
        • Web Attacks (Check)
      • Post-Exploitation
        • Linux Privilege Escalation
  • 🗄️Archive/Backup/Bin
    • Sysmon Usecases (IBM)
    • 🐧Linux Fundamentals (TryHackMe)
      • Introduction
      • Basic Commands
      • Wildcards & Operators
      • Permissions
      • Common Directories
      • Terminal Text Editors
      • General/Useful Utilities
    • 🪟Windows Fundamentals (TryHackMe)
      • Introduction
      • The File System
      • User Accounts
      • Settings & Control Panel & Task Manager
      • System Configuration
    • Active Directory (TryHackMe)
      • Breaching Active Directory
    • FOR508: Advanced Incident Response, Threat Hunting, and Digital Forensics
      • Book 2 - Intrusion Analysis
        • Credential Theft
        • Event Log Analysis for Responders and Hunters
    • Certified Threat Hunting Professional (eCTHPv2)
      • Threat Hunting: Hunting the Endpoint & Endpoint Analysis
        • Event IDs, Logging, & SIEMs
    • OSCP
      • Report Writing
      • ✅Passive Information Gathering
      • ✅Active Information Gathering
      • ✅Vulnerability Scanning
      • Introduction to Web Application Attacks
      • Common Web Application Attacks
        • ✅Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
        • ✅Directory Traversal
        • ✅File Inclusion
        • ✅File Upload Vulnerabilities
        • Command Injection
        • SQL Injection Attacks
        • Client Side Attacks
      • ✅Locating Public Exploits
      • ✅Exploiting Walkthrough
      • Fixing Exploits
      • ✅Antivirus Evasion
      • Password Attacks
      • Windows Privilege Escalation
      • Linux Privilege Escalation
      • Port Redirection and SSH Tunneling
      • Tunneling Through Deep Packet Inspection
      • The Metasploit Framework
      • Active Directory Introduction & Enumeration
      • Attacking Active Directory Authentication
      • Lateral Movement in Active Directory
      • Assembling the Pieces
      • Other General Information
    • ⚡Port Swigger (Web Penetration Testing)
      • ✅Information Disclosure
      • ✅Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
      • ✅OS Command Injection
      • Business Logic Vulnerabilities
      • ✅Authentication
      • ✅Access Control
    • Certified Bug Bounty Hunter (CBBH)
      • Web Requests
        • HTTP Fundamentals
    • Getting Started
      • Introduction
      • Pentesting Basics
    • Certified Penetration Testing Specialist (CPTS)
      • Introduction
        • ✅Penetration Testing Process
          • Penetration Testing Overview
          • Laws & Regulations
          • Penetration Testing Process
          • Pre-Engagement
          • Information Gathering
          • Vulnerability Assessment
          • Exploitation
          • Post-Exploitation
          • Lateral Movement
          • Proof-of-Concept
          • Post-Engagement
          • Practice
          • Academy Module Layout
        • Getting Started with Hack The Box (HTB)
      • Reconnaissance, Enumeration & Attack Planning
        • ✅Network Enumeration with Nmap
          • Enumeration & Introduction to Nmap
          • Host Discovery
          • Host and Port Scanning
          • Saving The Results
          • Service Enumeration
          • Nmap Scripting Engine
          • Scanning Performance
          • Firewall and IDS/IPS Evasion
        • Footprinting
        • ✅Information Gathering - Web Edition
          • Introduction
          • Passive Information Gathering
          • Active Information Gathering
        • Vulnerability Assessment
        • File Transfers
        • Shells & Payloads
        • Using the Metasploit Framework
      • Exploitation & Lateral Movement
        • Password Attacks
        • Attacking Common Services
        • Pivoting, Tunneling, and Port Forwarding
        • Active Directory Enumeration & Attacks
      • Web Exploitation
        • Using Web Proxies
        • ✅Attacking Web Applications with Ffuf
        • ✅Login Brute Forcing
        • SQL Injection Fundamentals
        • SQLMap Essentials
        • Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
        • File Inclusion
        • File Upload Attacks
        • Command Injections
        • Web Attacks
        • Attacking Common Applications
      • Post-Exploitation
        • Linux Privilege Escalation
        • Windows Privilege Escalation
      • Reporting & Capstone
        • Documentation & Reporting
        • Attacking Enterprise Networks
Powered by GitBook
On this page
  1. Archive/Backup/Bin
  2. Linux Fundamentals (TryHackMe)

Basic Commands

Divide into categories later.

echo "Something to Echo" | Echo something to wherever you direct it, by default to the terminal.

whoami | Shows you what user you are logged into.

ls | Lists the content of the directory provided, by default the working directory.

cd | Changes directory to the directory provided (. is the current directory .. is the previous directory)

cat | Displays the content of the file provided.

pwd | Print the current working directory's path.

find -name <File/Dir to Find> | Searches for a file/directory in the working directory.

wc <File Name> | Display the number of lines, words and bytes in a file.

grep <Things to Search For> <File Name> | Searches for specific things in files.

ssh <Username>@<IP-Address> | Connects using SSH to the provided IP address.

touch <File> | Creates a new file.

mkdir <Dir> | Creates a new directory.

cp <File/Directory> <New File/Directory> | Copies a file or a directory.

mv <Old File/Directory> <New File/Directory> | Moves a file or a directory.

rm <File/Directory> | Removes a file or a directory.

file <File> | Outputs the type of the file.

man <Command> | Displays the manual page of the given command.

su <Username> | Changes the user to the username provided.

chmod <Options> <File> | Changes the permissions of a file.

chown <User>:<Group> <File> | Changes the owner of the file (User and/or Group)

PreviousIntroductionNextWildcards & Operators

Last updated 6 months ago

🗄️
🐧