Overthewire.org Bandit Level 2 -> 3

Description
A walkthrough for Bandit Level 2 → Level 3

Level Goal

The password for the next level is stored in a file called spaces in this filename located in the home directory

Walkthrough

Login to the server using the password obtained from the previous level Bandit level 1 -> 2.

username: bandit2

ssh [e-mail] -p 2220

This time there is a file with spaces in the name.

bandit2@bandit:~$ ls 
spaces in this filename 

Running cat spaces in the filename will cause errors as it will think each word in spaces in the filename is its own separate file.

bandit2@bandit:~$ cat spaces in this filename
cat: spaces: No such file or directory 
cat: in: No such file or directory 
cat: this: No such file or directory
cat: filename: No such file or directory

Printing the contents of the file can be done 2 ways.

One using \ before each space to indicate to the terminal that the filename continues and the other is surrounding the file name with quotes ' or ".

bandit2@bandit:~$ cat 'spaces in this filename'
UmHadQ##########################
bandit2@bandit:~$ cat spaces\ in\ this\ filename
UmHadQ##########################