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Which of the following is a valid google searching operator that is used to search a specified file type?

The correct answer is B. filetype. The 'filetype:' operator is the correct Google dork syntax for restricting search results to a specific file extension or document type.

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Question

Which of the following is a valid google searching operator that is used to search a specified file type?

Options

  • Ainurl
  • Bfiletype
  • Cintitle
  • Dfile type

How the community answered

(56 responses)
  • A
    5% (3)
  • B
    80% (45)
  • C
    4% (2)
  • D
    11% (6)

Why each option

The 'filetype:' operator is the correct Google dork syntax for restricting search results to a specific file extension or document type.

Ainurl

'inurl:' is a valid Google operator but it searches for a keyword within a URL string, not for a specific file type.

BfiletypeCorrect

The 'filetype:' Google search operator filters results to pages with a specific file extension, for example 'filetype:pdf' returns only PDF documents. It is a widely used Google dorking technique in OSINT and reconnaissance to locate exposed documents such as spreadsheets, configuration files, or PDFs on target domains.

Cintitle

'intitle:' is a valid Google operator that searches for keywords within the HTML page title, not the file type.

Dfile type

'file type' with a space is not a recognized Google search operator and will be treated as a plain keyword search.

Concept tested: Google dorking filetype operator for OSINT reconnaissance

Source: https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433

Topics

#Google dorking#OSINT#filetype operator#search operators

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