Very useful Nmap scanning tips for getting information from a host.

The nmap -A -P0 command line will scan a host and get information about the host and what is running on it. Press j whilst the scan is running to print statistics about the progress of the scan. Press it again to update it. ┌─[root@parrot]─[/home/user] └──╼ #nmap -A -P0 202.146.215.17   Starting Nmap 7.50 ( … Read more

A nice utility to show the progress of utilities like cp and mv.

The utility I have found, named progress, will show the amount of data transferred when using commands such as cp or mv. Download this utility by running this command. git clone https://github.com/Xfennec/progress.gitgit clone https://github.com/Xfennec/progress.git Then build the utility. 14:39:50 0 ~ jason$ cd progress/   14:39:53 0 ~/progress jason$ make cc -g -Wall -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -c … Read more

Add a fancy progress bar to the apt command on Linux.

To add a fancy progress bar to the apt command on Linux, edit this file: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99progressbar and add the line below. Dpkg::Progress-Fancy "1";Dpkg::Progress-Fancy "1"; Save the file and when you next install software with the apt command, you will get a fancy progress bar at the bottom of the screen. This is a very nice … Read more