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Bandit Level 18

Use diff to extract the one changed line between passwords.old and passwords.new.

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Goal

Two files exist:

passwords.old
passwords.new

The next password is the only line that changed between them.

Hints

diff is designed for this.
You’re looking for lines prefixed by < and > in diff output.

Solution (click to reveal)

SSH in:

ssh bandit18@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220

Compare files:

diff passwords.old passwords.new

The line present only in passwords.new is the password for Level 19.

Notes

If you prefer a cleaner view:

diff -u passwords.old passwords.new

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