OverTheWire - Bandit - Level 2

Level Goal

The password for the next level is stored in a file called - located in the home directory.

Commands you may need to solve this level

• ls
• cd
• cat
• file
• du
• find

Helpful Reading Material

• Google Search for "dashed filename"
• Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide - Chapter 3 - Special Characters

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This is just like the last one, except the file name is a special character. When we perform our cat statement we have to make sure we delimit it to the current directory, which is how we did the last example as well. Format the command like so:

cat ./readme

Log into bandit2 using the results of this command as the password.