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Problem Writeup: Tab, Tab, Attack - CTF 3

This problem teaches us the time-saving power of the TAB key and gives us practice navigating a Linux filesystem.

Category: General Skills

Description

“Using tabcomplete in the Terminal will add years to your life, esp. when dealing with long rambling directory structures and filenames: Addadshashanammu.zip”

Approach

This problem teaches us the time-saving power of the TAB key and gives us practice navigating a Linux filesystem (using cd and ls).

Unzipping the File

We begin by using wget to download the file. Since it’s a .zip file–a compressed file or folder(s)–we’ll begin by unzipping it with Linux’s built-in unzip tool:

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