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Directory brute force

Gobuster command for directory brute force. Copy the command below and use it in your terminal.

gobuster — terminal
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ gobuster dir -u http://target -w /usr/share/wordlists/dirb/common.txt
Tool
Gobuster
Category
Web Application
Purpose
Directory brute force

🛡️ Usage Tips

  • Always ensure you have proper authorization before using Gobuster against any target
  • Replace target with the actual IP address or hostname you are testing
  • Run this command from a Kali Linux terminal or any system with Gobuster installed
  • Combine with other Gobuster commands for more comprehensive results
  • Pipe output to a file with > output.txt for later analysis

🔗 More Gobuster Commands

gobuster dir -u http://target -w wordlist.txt -x php,html,txt
With extensions
gobuster dns -d target.com -w subdomains.txt
DNS subdomain brute force
gobuster vhost -u http://target -w vhosts.txt
Virtual host discovery
gobuster dir -u http://target -w wordlist.txt -t 50
50 threads
gobuster dir -u http://target -w wordlist.txt -b 404,403
Exclude status codes
gobuster fuzz -u http://target/FUZZ -w wordlist.txt
Fuzzing mode
gobuster dir -u http://target -w wordlist.txt -o output.txt
Save output
gobuster dir -u http://target -w wordlist.txt -c "session=abc"
With cookie
gobuster dir -u http://target -w wordlist.txt -a "Mozilla/5.0"
Custom user agent
gobuster dir -u http://target -w wordlist.txt -r
Follow redirects
gobuster dir -u http://target -w wordlist.txt -k
Skip TLS verification
gobuster dir -u http://target -w wordlist.txt --no-error
Hide errors

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