Ethical Hacking – 10 commands in Kali Linux – Part 2

Hi all,

Today in this series of ethical hacking we are continue to explore the commands of Kali Linux.

If you didn’t got chance to read the “Ethical Hacking – 15 commands in Kali Linux – Part 1” please have a look – https://knowledge-junction.in/2022/10/29/ethical-hacking-15-commands-in-kali-linux/

To download and install Kali Linux click here – https://knowledge-junction.in/2022/10/23/python-introduction-to-ethical-hacking-in-python-introduction-to-kali-linux-part-1/

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Commands in Kali Linux

• Command to display current system information

uname -a

• Command to display our username – users currently logged in to the current host

users

• Command to know the use of certain commands

whatis command_name

• Command to shutdown the kali Linux. It shutdowns the kali Linux in specified time.

shutdown

• Command to read the contents of all txt files

cat file_name

In this txt file this is the content – knowledge_junction.txy

To read the content on the terminal

• The command which searches files and prints lines that match pattern

grep [Options] [Pattern] [Filename]

We have a text file knowledge_Junction.txt file. 

grep -i <pattern> <filename>

Example : Finding “system” word in our text file

grep -i system knowledge_Junction

In above example “system” world is highlighted since we are finding it. Basically this highlights the pattern

• The command which prints the first given number of lines from a file.

head -n <number> <Filename>

Example:
head -n 2 knowledge_Junction

• The command prints the last given number of lines from a file.

tail -n <number> <Filename>

Example:
tail -n 2 knowledge_Junction

• Command to see the manual of any command

man command_name

example:
man rm

• Command to change the password of Kali Linux

passwd

Thanks for reading 🙂

Have a nice day!!