OverTheWire - Bandit - Level 7 to Level 8

Description:

Level Goal

The password for the next level is stored in the file data.txt next to the word millionth

Commands you may need to solve this level

grep, sort, uniq, strings, base64, tr, tar, gzip, bzip2, xxd

Helpful Reading Material

The unix commandline: pipes and redirects

Solution:

1. [Comment] Using SSH to connect the server
2. sp@simple-plan:~|=> ssh bandit7@bandit.labs.overthewire.org
   ...
   bandit7@bandit.labs.overthewire.org's password: HKBPTKQnIay4Fw76bEy8PVxKEDQRKTzs
3. [Comment] Using ls command to list directory contents
4. bandit7@melinda:~$ ls
   data.txt
5. [Comment] Using grep command to search for a specific pattern
6. bandit7@melinda:~$ grep millionth data.txt
   millionth cvX2JJa4CFALtqS87jk27qwqGhBM9plV
7. [Comment] Using exit command to disconnect connection to server
8. bandit7@melinda:~$ exit
   logout
   Connection to bandit.labs.overthewire.org closed.
9. [Comment] It's done! Saving the password for next level.

Reference:

ssh	http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/ssh1.html
ls	http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/ls1.html
cat	http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/cat1.html
exit	http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/logout1.html
cd	http://linuxcommand.org/lc3_man_pages/cdh.html
find	http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/find1.html
grep	http://linuxcommand.org/lc3_man_pages/grep1.html