Linux Fundamental Part 1 | TryHackMe
This is the 1st room of the complete beginner series that familiarizes the basic Linux concepts, commands, and file operations
Room Link: https://tryhackme.com/room/linuxfundamentalspart
Task 1:
Introduction: no answer needed
Task 2:
a) A Bit of Background on Linux
Research: What year was the first release of a Linux operating system?
Ans 1991
{Simply search on google }
Task 3:
Interacting With Your First Linux Machine (In-Browser)
no answer needed
Task 4:
Running Your First few Commands
a) If we wanted to output the text “TryHackMe”, what would our command be?
echo TryHackMe
{using the echo command to output the text on the terminal }
b) What is the username of who you’re logged in as on your deployed Linux machine?
Tryhackme
{Use the whoami command }
Task 5:
Interacting With the Filesystem!
a) On the Linux machine that you deploy, how many folders are there?
4
{use the ls command to see the folders}
b) Which directory contains a file?
folder4
c) What is the contents of this file?
Hello World
{use the cat command to view the content}
d) Use the cd command to navigate to this file and find out the new current working directory. What is the path?
/home/tryhackme/folder4
{to see the path use pwd command to print the current working directory}
Task 6:
Searching for Files
a) Use grep on “access.log” to find the flag that has a prefix of “THM”. What is the flag?
THM{ACCESS}
b) And I still haven’t found what I’m looking for!
No Answer Needed
Task 7:
An Introduction to Shell Operators
a) If we wanted to run a command in the background, what operator would we want to use?
&
b) If I wanted to replace the contents of a file named “passwords” with the word “password123”, what would my command be?
echo password123 > passwords
{> replace}
c) Now if I wanted to add “tryhackme” to this file named “passwords” but also keep “passwords123”, what would my command be
echo tryhackme >> passwords
{>> appends}
d) Now use the deployed Linux machine to put these into practice
No Answer Needed
Task 8:
Conclusions & Summaries
I’ll have a play around!
No answer needed
Task 9:
a) Terminate the machine deployed in this room from task 3.
No answer needed
b) Join Linux Fundamentals Part 2!
No Answer Needed
