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Linux Fundamentals Part 1

Embark on the journey of learning the fundamentals of Linux. Learn to run some of the first essential commands on an interactive terminal.

THM Room : https://tryhackme.com/room/linuxfundamentalspart1

TASK 1 Introduction

Let’s get started!

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TASK 2 A Bit of Background on Linux

Research: What year was the first release of a Linux operating system?

Answer : 1991

TASK 3 Interacting With Your First Linux Machine (In-Browser)

I’ve deployed my first Linux machine!

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TASK 4 Running Your First few Commands

If we wanted to output the text “TryHackMe”, what would our command be?

Answer : echo TryHackMe

What is the username of who you’re logged in as on your deployed Linux machine?

Answer : tryhackme

TASK 5 Interacting With the Filesystem!

On the Linux machine that you deploy, how many folders are there?

Answer : 4

Which directory contains a file?

Answer : folder4

What is the contents of this file?

Answer : Hello World

Use the cd command to navigate to this file and find out the new current working directory. What is the path?

Answer : /home/tryhackme/folder4

TASK 6 Searching for Files

Use grep on “access.log” to find the flag that has a prefix of “THM”. What is the flag?

Answer : THM{ACCESS}

And I still haven’t found what I’m looking for!

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TASK 7 An Introduction to Shell Operators

If we wanted to run a command in the background, what operator would we want to use?

Answer : &

If I wanted to replace the contents of a file named “passwords” with the word “password123”, what would my command be?

Answer : echo password123 > passwords

Now if I wanted to add “tryhackme” to this file named “passwords” but also keep “passwords123”, what would my command be

Answer : echo tryhackme » passwords

Now use the deployed Linux machine to put these into practice

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TASK 8 Conclusions & Summaries

I’ll have a play around!

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TASK 9 Linux Fundamentals Part 2

Terminate the machine deployed in this room from task 3.

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Join Linux Fundamentals Part 2!

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