# Obedient Cat

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Download that text file:

{% code overflow="wrap" %}
```bash
curl https://mercury.picoctf.net/static/0e428b2db9788d31189329bed089ce98/flag -o flag
```
{% endcode %}

```bash
ls
```

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`Cat` is tool in Unix-Based operating systems, that can help us read what is inside a file.

```bash
cat flag
```

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Here is the flag.
