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Bandit Level 4 → Level 5

Level Goal

The password for the next level is stored in the only human-readable file in the inhere directory. Tip: if your terminal is messed up, try the “reset” command.

Commands you may need to solve this level

ls , cd , cat , file , du , find

🔑 Solution

ssh bandit4@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220

Proceed by submitting the password acquired from the prior challenge.

First, use the ls command to list all files. Then, navigate into the inhere directory using cd inhere, and run ls -al to display detailed information about all files. The challenge is to identify the file that is human-readable.

We could check each file one by one, but that’s inefficient. A better approach is to use the file ./* command, which quickly tells you the type of each file in the directory.

file ./*

There are several ways to view the contents of a file that start with -, as you’ve already learned from the previous challenge.

cat ./-file07
or
cat -- -file07
or
cat <-file07

You’ve got the flag — on to the next challenge!