Backtrack includes a bunch of items that are not in the menu system such as the list-urls.py Python script. This script which has been enhanced by Muts simply queries a specific URL and extracts all of the URL’s from the page. These types of scripts really are handy and knowing your way around Backtrack can save you a ridiculous amount of time.

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One thing I do on a regular basis when using web browsers on Windows is to click the F5 button to refresh a web page. On a Mac running OSX this does not function by default however it is easy to add a key combination to simulate this so it functions as it would in Windows. Use the information below to set up a key combination configuration to allow you to click fn-F5 on your Mac running OSX to refresh web pages in Chrome. The function+F5 key combination already works in Firefox and Command+R refreshes web pages in Safari.

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