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 requirements.  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 requirements 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/-p, 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)