cewl Command Examples

URL spidering tool for making a cracking wordlist from web content. More information: https://digi.ninja/projects/cewl.php#usage.

• Create a wordlist file from the given URL up to 2 links depth:

cewl {{[-d|--depth]}} 2 {{[-w|--write]}} {{path/to/wordlist.txt}} {{url}}

• Output an alphanumeric wordlist from the given URL with words of minimum 5 characters:

cewl --with-numbers {{[-m|--min_word_length]}} 5 {{url}}

• Output a wordlist from the given URL in debug mode including email addresses:

cewl --debug {{[-e|--email]}} {{url}}

• Output a wordlist from the given URL using HTTP Basic or Digest authentication:

cewl --auth_type {{basic|digest}} --auth_user {{username}} --auth_pass {{password}} {{url}}

• Output a wordlist from the given URL through a proxy:

cewl --proxy_host {{host}} --proxy_port {{port}} {{url}}