In Meterpreter, which command dumps a file to standard output (the screen)?

• A. Edit
• B. Cat
• C. Echo
• D. Download

Answer: (B)

Viewing a file’s contents directly in the Meterpreter session is done by the command that behaves like the Unix cat: it reads the file and writes its contents to standard output, i.e., the screen. That makes it the best fit for dumping a file to the screen because you see exactly what’s inside the file as it would appear in a terminal.

The other options serve different purposes: editing opens a file in an editor to modify it, not just display; echo prints text you specify, not an existing file’s contents by default; download copies the file from the target to your local machine, not to the screen.