Problem: Can you find the flag in file without running it? You can also find the file in /problems/strings-it_3_8386a6aa560aecfba03c0c6a550b5c51 on the shell server.
File: THE_FILE
Solution: cd into the directory. Then run the command strings on the file named “strings”. Like so.
strings strings It will print out a lot of strings so lets find the flag using grep.
strings strings | grep pico
Flag: picoCTF{5tRIng5_1T_c7fff9e5}