TryHackMe: Linux Fundamentals Part 1 walkthrough

Suraj Dhamak
2 min readMar 30, 2021

Hello everyone,

I welcome you all to the walkthrough for the Linux Fundamentals Part 1 Lab at TryHackMe. You can access this lab through the link given below:

https://tryhackme.com/room/linux1

Task 1: Intro

  1. Read the above
    No answer needed

Task 2: Methodology

  1. Read the above
    No answer needed

Task 3: [Section 2: Running Commands] — Basic Command Execution

  1. Read the above
    No answer needed

Task 4: [Section 2: Running Commands] — Manual Pages and Flags

  1. How would you output hello without a newline
    echo -n hello

Task 5: [Section 3: Basic File Operations] — ls

  1. What flag outputs all entries?
    -a
  2. What flag outputs things in a “long list” format?
    -l

Task 6: [Section 3: Basic File Operations] — cat

  1. What flag numbers all output lines?
    -n

Task 7: [Section 3: Basic File Operations] — touch

  1. Read the above!
    No answer needed

Task 8: [Section 3: Basic File Operations] — Running A Binary

  1. How would you run a binary called hello using the directory shortcut.?
    ./hello
  2. How would you run a binary called hello in your home directory using the shortcut ~ ?
    ~/hello
  3. How would you run a binary called hello in the previous directory using the shortcut .. ?
    ../hello

Task 9: Binary — Shiba1

  1. What’s the password for shiba2?
    pinguftw

Task 10: su

  1. Read the above.
    No answer needed

Task 11: Linux Fundamentals 2

  1. Terminate machine
    No answer needed

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Happy Hacking!

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