Common meterpreter commands - msfconsole

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Linux-like commands

You can use many Linux-like commands such as:

meterpreter> ls # list files
meterpreter> cd # move
meterpreter> pwd # path to current folder
meterpreter> cat file # print file
meterpreter> edit file # open file in vim
meterpreter> ps # see running processes
meterpreter> exit

Local commands

You can run commands on your machine in the meterpreter:

meterpreter> lpwd # or getlwd, local path
meterpreter> lcd path # move to local path
meterpreter> lls path # list local files
meterpreter> lcat file # print local file

Common utilities

These are new convenient functions that were added:

meterpreter> search -f pattern # search file by pattern
meterpreter> search -f pattern / # search inside /
meterpreter> download remote_path local_path # download
meterpreter> upload local_path remote_path # upload