Bandit Level 1

Level Goal:
The password for the next level is stored in a file called
-located in the home directory
Commands you may need to solve this level
ls, cd, cat, file, du, find
Helpful Reading Material
Google Search for “dashed filename” Advanced Bash-scripting Guide - Chapter 3 - Special Characters
Write-up
This was a bit tricky. The filename was -. A simple cat - didn’t work. This is becuase cat interprets - as stdin which means that instead of a file you give it an input from the terminal.
Thus I used cat ~/- to read from the file.
Level 2 password: CV1DtqXWVFXTvM2F0k09SHz0YwRINYA9
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