The password for the next level is stored in a hidden file in the inhere directory. Like a digital game of hide-and-seek, you need to find where it’s tucked away!
After logging in, I navigated into the inhere directory. I tried using the basic ls command, but to my surprise, the directory looked empty!
In Linux, files that start with a dot . are considered hidden. They don’t show up with a regular list command. To see these “ghost” files, I had to use the -a (all) flag with ls.
Here is the sequence I used:
$ cd inhere
$ ls -a
Bingo! A file named .hidden appeared. I then used cat to read it:
$ cat .hidden
The password revealed itself immediately. Hide-and-seek over!
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