Installing Seclists [exclusive]

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Open your shell configuration file ( ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc ) and add an alias to the path: export SECLISTS="/usr/share/seclists" Use code with caution. A common mistake is running massive wordlists (like rockyou

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