Chapter 4: Command line interface management
Command prompt
A command-line interface, such as in MS-DOS or in a command-prompt window opened through Windows.
Provider
A layer in PowerShell that allows you yo focus on managing a specific data store using the same commands
Symbolic link
A link, not directly to the original data
Forked
A program that has been modified to create a new development branch as a separate program
ipconfig (windows)
Allows you to get the IP address information of a Windows computer.
Command
An instruction users give by entering information into a command box.
Cd (windows)
Change Directory-Windows
cd (Linux)
Change the working directory to a specified directory-Linux(EX. $ cd [directory])
Switch
Command option or parameter
cp (linux)
Copy SOURCE to DEST, or multiple SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY.(EX.:~# cp /etc/passwd /mnt/backup/)
Inode number
Corresponds to the location of the file's contents
Home directory
Directory that contains a users personal files.
Current directory
Directory you are in; Reflected in command prompt
Man Pages (Manual Pages)
Formal piece of documentation in Linux providing help
/? (windows)
Help command (EX. C:\Users\CyberRange> dir/?)
Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
Infrastructure in window for managing data and operations
ls (linux)
List information about the FILEs (the current directory by default). (EX. student@kali:~$ ls)
Script
Listing of Powershell commands and options that will be processed in order
dir (windows)
Lists all files all files and sub directories contained in a specific directory.
mkdir (linux)
Makes a directory (student@kali:~$ mkdir QuizletTest)
md (windows)
Makes a new directory
cd.. (windows)
Moves the directory back one directory, also known as the parent directory.
Hardlink
Points directly to the original data
Piping
Process of sending output results from one command into another
Cmdlets
Programs inside Powershell
rm (Linux)
Remove (unlink) the FILE(s). (EX. # rm <options> {files})
mv (Linux)
Rename SOURCE to DEST, or move SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY.(EX. $ mv sample.txt sample1.txt)
Alias
Replacement way to enter a command
find (windows)
Searches for text strings in files and returns the lines of text from the files in which the text string was found.
Object
Self-contained resource that stores information about itself in properties and provides program code that can be used to interact with it
tasklist (windows)
Shows all of the different local computer processes currently running.
pwd (linux)
Shows current directory (EX.student@kali:~$ pwd /home/student)
Batch file
Single file in which a command, series of command; or set of instructions to be processed in sequence is listed
Device driver
Software program that instructs a piece of hardware how to operate
Distro
Specific version of Linux
Directory
Storage location for files and other directories
Append
To add to an exiting data set
Wildcard character
Used to represent one or more unknown characters in a string
net start (windows)
Used to start a network service or list running network services.(EX. C:\Users\CyberRange>net start)
rd (windows)
Will remove an empty directory on various operating systems.(EX. rd c:\full)
echo (linux)
a command that outputs the strings it is being passed as arguments.(EX. echo [-n] [string ...])
grep (Linux)
a command-line utility for searching plain-text data sets for lines that match a regular expression.(EX. $ grep -i "hello")
ifconfig (linux)
a system administration utility in Unix-like operating systems for network interface configuration.(EX. student@kali:~$ ifconfig)
Linux
an open-source version of the UNIX operating system
su (linux)
command is used to switch to another user (EX.student@kali:~$ su Password: root@kali:/home/student# )
--help (linux)
displays information about builtin commands(EX. student@kali:~$ rm --help)
|
lets you use two or more commands such that output of one command serves as input to the next.(EX. $ ls -l | more)
$ (linux)
means you are a normal user (EX. student@kali:~$ )
# (linux)
means you are the system administrator (root). (EX. root@kali:/home/student# )
Free and open source software (FOSS)
software that is available free or at a very low cost and can be changed by the user
taskkill (windows)
this tool is used to terminate tasks by process id or image name
