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NAME

       cewl - custom word list generator

SYNOPSIS

       cewl [OPTION] ... URL

DESCRIPTION

       CeWL  (Custom  Word List generator) is a ruby app which spiders a given URL, up to a specified depth, and
       returns a list of words which can then be used for password crackers such as John the Ripper. Optionally,
       CeWL can follow external links.

       CeWL  can  also create a list of email addresses found in mailto links. These email addresses can be used
       as usernames in brute force actions.

       CeWL is pronounced "cool".

OPTIONS

       --help, -h
              Show the help.

       --count, -c
              Show the count for each word found.

       --depth N, -d N
              The depth to spider to. Default: 2.

       --email, -e
              Include email addresses in the search. This option will create an  email  list,  after  the  words
              list, that can be used as usernames in brute force actions.

       --email_file FILE
              Filename  for email output. Must be used with '-e' option. If used, the email list created by '-e'
              option will be written in a file and won't be shown in stdout.

       --keep, -k
              Keep the downloaded files (in /tmp or in directory specified by '--meta-temp-dir'  option).  These
              files are acquired when using the '-a' option.

       --meta, -a
              Consider  the metadata found when processing a site. This option will download some files found in
              the site and will extract its metadata. So, the network traffic will be greater. The files will be
              downloaded in /tmp folder or in directory specified by '--meta-temp-dir' option. The metadata will
              be shown after the words list and can be used as elements for brute force actions.

       --meta_file FILE
              Filename for metadata output. Must be used with '-a' option. If used, the metadata list created by
              '-a' option will be written in a file and won't be shown in stdout.

       --meta-temp-dir DIRECTORY
              The directory used by exiftool when parsing files. Default: /tmp.

       --min_word_length N, -m N
              The minimum word length. This strips out all words under the specified length. Default: 3.

       --no-words, -n
              Don't output the wordlist.

       --offsite, -o
              By  default, the spider will only visit the site specified. With this option, CeWL will also visit
              external sites (that are quoted by hyperlinks).

       --ua USER-AGENT, -u USER-AGENT
              Change the user-agent.  The  default  is  'Ruby'.  There  are  a  list  of  valid  user-agents  at
              http://www.user-agents.org.

       --write FILE, -w FILE
              Write the output to the file rather than to stdout.

       --auth_type TYPE
              Type of authentication for websites that uses it. The current options are 'digest' and 'basic'.

       --auth_user USERNAME
              Authentication username for websites.

       --auth_pass PASSWORD
              Authentication password for websites.

       --proxy_host HOST
              Proxy name or IP address, when needed.

       --proxy_port PORT
              Proxy port, when needed. Default: 8080.

       --proxy_username USERNAME
              Username for proxy, if required.

       --proxy_password PASSWORD
              Password for proxy, if required.

       --verbose, -v
              Verbose. Show extra output. Useful for debugs.

       URL    The site to spider.

BUGS

       Someone  has  reported  that the spider misses some pages which are have querystrings on them. This issue
       isn't confirmed.

SEE ALSO

       fab-cewl(1)

AUTHOR

       The CeWL was written by Robin Wood <robin@digi.ninja>.

       This manual page was written by Joao Eriberto Mota Filho <eriberto@debian.org>  for  the  Debian  project
       (but may be used by others).