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dirb — Scan HTTP-based webservers for directories and files. More information: <https://manned.org/dirb>.

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Problem

How to use the dirb command: Scan HTTP-based webservers for directories and files. More information: <https://manned.org/dirb>.

Solution

dirb — Scan HTTP-based webservers for directories and files. More information: <https://manned.org/dirb>.

Scan a webserver using the default wordlist:

dirb {{https://example.org}}

Scan a webserver using a custom wordlist:

dirb {{https://example.org}} {{path/to/wordlist.txt}}

Scan a webserver non-recursively:

dirb {{https://example.org}} -r

Scan a webserver using a specified user-agent and cookie for HTTP-requests:

dirb {{https://example.org}} -a {{user_agent_string}} -c {{cookie_string}}

Code Snippets

Scan a webserver using the default wordlist

dirb {{https://example.org}}

Scan a webserver using a custom wordlist

dirb {{https://example.org}} {{path/to/wordlist.txt}}

Scan a webserver non-recursively

dirb {{https://example.org}} -r

Scan a webserver using a specified user-agent and cookie for HTTP-requests

dirb {{https://example.org}} -a {{user_agent_string}} -c {{cookie_string}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/dirb

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