Cheat Sheet/Guide?

[KremSH]

Hello ,

Sorry if this question was asked before or if there is an obvious resource for it but is there like a cheat sheet for pwncat , for example: as I am using it I dont know how to push a session into the background and go to the pwncat cli , among other useful shortcuts.

[Mitul16]

When you have a valid session, press Ctrl+D to switch between your local pwncat prompt and remote terminal prompt

There are a lot of nicely documented instructions available on Read the Docs, here
You may start with the basic usage

pwncat's local prompt

1. Get a session
2. You will be greeted with a local pwncat prompt

   # see available help
   (local) pwncat$ help
   .
   .
   .
   # run a complete system enumeration, `pwncat` will intelligently save the results for multiple uses
   (local) pwncat$ run enumerate.gather
   .
   .
   .

3. Interact with your remote machine (press Ctrl-D to switch)
4. Create another session if you want, and switch between them with ease

   # list available sessions
   (local) pwncat$ sessions
   .
   .
   .
   # interact with a session of your choice
   (local) pwncat$ sessions <SESSION-ID>
   .
   .
   .
   # happy hacking 😁

   EDIT: fixed the incorrect command session sessions

If you would like to view its practical usage from Caleb Stewart himself along with John Hammond, there is a video available here

Note: this video is a little older, and the latest documentation is where you will find the latest usage information and instructions

[KremSH]

Thank you for the response , I’ll be sure to check the documentation next time :)

[trevorbryant]

Feel free to PR any documentation updates you may see to recommend. The start of a cheatsheet could always be helpful as well. 😄

[calebstewart]

I've been out due to DEFCON the past week. Thanks for answering this @Mitul16!

@KremSH if this answers your question, please mark Mitul's response as an answer so future users can find the answer as well :)

I intended the "basic usage" page of the documentation to be a sort of cheat sheet. Like @trevorbryant said, if you have anything you think would be useful there, please let us know or open a pull request if you're feeling up to it, and I'm happy to add it in!