strings_it.md

strings it

• Challenge information
• Solution
• References

Challenge information

Points: 100
Tags: picoCTF 2019, General Skills
Author: SANJAY C/DANNY TUNITIS

Description:
Can you find the flag in file without running it?

Hints:
1. strings

Challenge link: https://play.picoctf.org/practice/challenge/37

Solution

This is basically a tutorial to usage of strings and grep

┌──(kali㉿kali)-[/mnt/…/picoCTF/picoCTF_2019/General_Skills/Strings_it]
└─$ strings -n 8 strings | grep picoCTF
picoCTF{<REDACTED>}

For additional information, please see the references below.

References

• grep - Linux manual page
• strings - Linux manual page