Linux Terminal Basics

Reading and manipulating files

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📄 The 2017 Uber breach hid AWS keys in a plaintext file for months, could you spot them?

Attackers don't write exploits first. They cat config files, grep for passwords, and check .bash_history. You'll use cat, head, tail, and file to investigate a system the way real operators do. 🔍

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