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PW-INSPECTOR(1) 	     General Commands Manual		 PW-INSPECTOR(1)

NAME
     pw-inspector - A tool to reduce the password list

SYNOPSIS
     pw-inspector [-i FILE] [-o FILE] [-m MINLEN] [-M MAXLEN] [-c MINSETS] -l -u
     -n -p -s

DESCRIPTION
     PW-Inspector  reads  passwords  in and prints those which meet the require-
     ments.  The return code is the number of valid passwords found, 0	if  none
     was  found.   Use	for  security: check passwords, if 0 is returned, reject
     password choice.  Use for hacking: trim your dictionary file to the pw  re-
     quirements of the target.	Usage only allowed for legal purposes.

OPTIONS
     -i FILE
	    file to read passwords from (default: stdin)

     -o FILE
	    file to write valid passwords to (default: stdout)

     -m MINLEN
	    minimum length of a valid password

     -M MAXLEN
	    maximum length of a valid password

     -c MINSETS
	    the minimum number of sets required (default: all given)

     -h, --help
	    Show summary of options.

SETS
     -l     lowcase characters (a,b,c,d, etc.)

     -u     upcase characters (A,B,C,D, etc.)

     -n     numbers (1,2,3,4, etc.)

     -p     printable characters (which are not -l/-n/-n, e.g. $,!,/,(,*, etc.)

      -s    special characters - all others not withint the sets above

SEE ALSO
     hydra(1), xhydra(1).

AUTHOR
     hydra  was  written  by  van Hauser / THC <vh@thc.org> and co-maintained by
     David Maciejak <david.maciejak@gmail.com>.

     This manual page was written by Daniel Echeverry <epsilon77@gmail.com>, for
     the Debian project (and may be used by others).

				   24/05/2012			 PW-INSPECTOR(1)

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