busybox
BusyBox is a lightweight, single-binary software suite designed for embedded systems and resource-constrained environments.
Basic Usage
busybox [command] [options] [arguments]
For instance, to list the files in a directory using the ls
utility:
busybox ls -l /path/to/directory
BusyBox provides a shell interface (e.g., ash or dash). To access the shell, run:
busybox sh
Once inside the shell, you can execute commands just like in a regular shell.
You can execute BusyBox as a specific utility by specifying the utility name as a command-line argument:
busybox [utility] [options] [arguments]
For example, to use BusyBox as the cat
command to display the contents of a file:
busybox cat filename.txt
How to extract files using BusyBox




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