Scripts for Power Users

In this chapter, we will cover the following:

  • Creating Syslog entries and generating an alarm
  • Backing up and erasing media, disks, and partitions with DD
  • Creating graphics and presentations on the CLI
  • Checking for file integrity and tampering
  • Mounting network file systems and retrieving files
  • Browsing the web from the CLI
  • Capturing network traffic headlessly
  • Finding binary dependencies
  • Fetching time from different locations
  • Encrypting/decrypting files from a script

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