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NAME

   pdfcrack - Password recovery tool for PDF-files

SYNOPSIS

   pdfcrack [ -f ] FILE [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION

   PDFCrack is a tool for recovering passwords and content from PDF-files.

   If  aborted  with Ctrl-C or by receiving a SIGINT signal, pdfcrack will
   automatically save current position. The position will be  saved  in  a
   file called savedstate.sav in current working directory.

   Mandatory  arguments  for  long options are mandatory for short options
   too.

OPTIONS

   -b, --bench
          perform benchmark and exit

   -c, --charset=STRING
          Use the characters in STRING as charset

   -w, --wordlist=FILE
          Use FILE as source of passwords to try

   -n, --minpw=INTEGER
          Skip trying passwords shorter than INTEGER

   -m, --maxpw=INTEGER
          Stop when reaching this INTEGER passwordlength

   -l, --loadstate=FILE
          Continue from the state saved in FILE

   -o, --owner
          Work with the ownerpassword

   -u, --user
          Work with the userpassword (default)

   -p, --password=STRING
          Give userpassword to speed up  breaking  ownerpassword  (implies
          -o)

   -q, --quiet
          Run quietly

   -s, --permutate
          Try permutating the passwords (currently only supports switching
          first character to uppercase)

   -v, --version
          Print version and exit

REPORTING BUGS

   Via e-mail  to  Henning  Noren  <confusion42@users.sourceforge.net>  or
   report on project page at http://pdfcrack.sourceforge.net/

AUTHOR

   Henning Noren

COPYRIGHT

   Copyright  2009 Henning Noren <confusion42@users.sourceforge.net>
   This  is  free  software.   You may redistribute copies of it under the
   terms      of      the      GNU      General       Public       License
   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.   There  is NO WARRANTY, to the
   extent permitted by law.



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