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john

Password cracker. More information: https://www.openwall.com/john/.
  • Crack password hashes:
    john {{path/to/hashes.txt}}
  • Show passwords cracked:
    john --show {{path/to/hashes.txt}}
  • Display users' cracked passwords by user identifier from multiple files:
    john --show --users={{user_ids}} {{path/to/hashes*}} {{path/to/other/hashes*}}
  • Crack password hashes, using a custom wordlist:
    john --wordlist={{path/to/wordlist.txt}} {{path/to/hashes.txt}}
  • List available hash formats:
    john --list=formats
  • Crack password hashes, using a specific hash format:
    john --format={{md5crypt}} {{path/to/hashes.txt}}
  • Crack password hashes, enabling word mangling rules:
    john --rules {{path/to/hashes.txt}}
  • Restore an interrupted cracking session from a state file, e.g. mycrack.rec:
    john --restore={{path/to/mycrack.rec}}

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