Run nuclei with specific template id

[CaledoniaProject]

I'm trying to run specific template id, but this does not work:

nuclei -u https://XX.com -w ~/nuclei-templates/miscellaneous/dir-listing.yaml
nuclei -u https://XX.com -w dir-listing

Error is:

[WRN] Use with caution. You are responsible for your actions.
[WRN] Developers assume no liability and are not responsible for any misuse or damage.
[INF] Using Nuclei Engine 2.5.3 (latest)
[INF] Using Nuclei Templates 8.6.8 (latest)
[INF] Using Interactsh Server https://interactsh.com
[FTL] Could not run nuclei: no valid templates were found

[ehsandeep]

@CaledoniaProject -w flag is used for workflows, for templates, you need to use -t flag and templates can be executed either by passing template file or template directory.

nuclei -t miscellaneous/dir-listing.yaml -itags misc

[CaledoniaProject]

@ehsandeep I need to avoid the -itags misc argument, I just want to run a yaml file. What options do I have?

From what I see, -itags is only useful when I'm selecting multiple yaml files in a large directory. In my case I just need one specific file.

[infosec-us-team]

I can confirm I'm running into the same issue.

This is the command and the output:

infusero@RemoteWorkstation:~/reconnaissance-everything$ ~/go/bin/nuclei -t tools/nuclei/custom-template/detect-graphql.yaml -u https://example.com -v

                     __     _
   ____  __  _______/ /__  (_)
  / __ \/ / / / ___/ / _ \/ /
 / / / / /_/ / /__/ /  __/ /
/_/ /_/\__,_/\___/_/\___/_/   2.5.3

                projectdiscovery.io

[WRN] Use with caution. You are responsible for your actions.
[WRN] Developers assume no liability and are not responsible for any misuse or damage.
[WRN] Could not load template /home/infusero/reconnaissance-everything/tools/nuclei/custom-template/detect-graphql.yaml: the template was excluded
[INF] Using Nuclei Engine 2.5.3 (latest)
[INF] Using Nuclei Templates 8.6.8 (latest)
[INF] Using Interactsh Server https://interactsh.com
[FTL] Could not run nuclei: no valid templates were found

[ehsandeep]

@CaledoniaProject @infosec-us-team itags / include-tags are only required when you wanted to run templates that are excluded from the default run, read more about it here - https://nuclei.projectdiscovery.io/nuclei/get-started/#template-exclusion, you can run any other template without itags flag, for example -t cves/

[infosec-us-team]

As I'm new to Nuclei (started today), plus I'm stup1d, I just removed the fuzz tag from my custom-made template because by default nuclei exclude templates with fuzz.

Now is working fine.

Thank you for your fast response @ehsandeep, you are awesome.