PicoCTF19 like1000

Challenge

This .tar file got tarred alot. Also available at /problems/like1000_0_369bbdba2af17750ddf10cc415672f1c.

Hints

Try and script this, it'll save you alot of time

Solution

Assuming it was tar-ed 1000x. The file inside is 999.tar. Countdown

#!/bin/bash
for i in {1000..1}
do
   tar -xvf $i.tar
   rm $i.tar
done

or

import tarfile

for i in range(1000,0,-1):
    tarfile.open(str(i) + '.tar').extractall()

Flag

picoCTF{StaT31355_636f6e6e}