Challenge Description

Description

I hope you paid attention during the Linux workshop. What does grep do again?

Flag is in the following format: YCEP25{flag}

  • Author: Jun Wei
  • Category: misc
  • Difficulty: easy
  • Discord: syn3pz

Hints

  • How do we display only the lines with a specified string?  (50 points)

Files

Grab Flag - Solution

The file given contains a very long story. To filter for the flag, simply use the command cat story.txt | grep YCEP or other similar commands.

The flag is stated within a paragraph that looks like this:

┌──(nepz㉿nepz)-[~]
└─$ cat story.txt | grep YCEP
The attackers, with access to the Databanks, launched an assault on the Central Core. Their primary objective was clear: steal the kingdom’s master encryption key, "YCEP25{gr3p_1s_c00l}", which was the only key capable of unlocking the most sacred and secretive data stored within the Core. The Dark Netra's best hacker, known only as "NullDread," led the charge.

Flag: YCEP25{gr3p_1s_c00l}