1PDFCRACK(1) General Commands Manual PDFCRACK(1)
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6 pdfcrack - Password recovery tool for PDF-files
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9 pdfcrack [ -f ] FILE [OPTION]...
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12 PDFCrack is a tool for recovering passwords and content from PDF-files.
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14 If aborted with Ctrl-C or by receiving a SIGINT signal, pdfcrack will
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18 Mandatory arguments for long options are mandatory for short options
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22 -b, --bench
23 perform benchmark and exit
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25 -c, --charset=STRING
26 Use the characters in STRING as charset
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28 -w, --wordlist=FILE
29 Use FILE as source of passwords to try
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31 -n, --minpw=INTEGER
32 Skip trying passwords shorter than INTEGER
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34 -m, --maxpw=INTEGER
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37 -l, --loadstate=FILE
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40 -o, --owner
41 Work with the ownerpassword
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44 Work with the userpassword (default)
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46 -p, --password=STRING
47 Give userpassword to speed up breaking ownerpassword (implies
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50 -q, --quiet
51 Run quietly
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53 -s, --permutate
54 Try permutating the passwords (currently only supports switching
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58 Print version and exit
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61 Via e-mail to Henning Noren <confusion42@users.sourceforge.net> or
62 report on project page at http://pdfcrack.sourceforge.net/
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65 Henning Noren
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68 Copyright © 2009 Henning Noren <confusion42@users.sourceforge.net>
69 This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the
70 terms of the GNU General Public License
71 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the
72 extent permitted by law.
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77User Commands February 2009 PDFCRACK(1)