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  • I need to use shell script. It's not for "production", it's for knowledge purposes. maybe a -crypt is missing on the command, but anything else. And -crypt is the default I think. Commented Mar 12, 2014 at 11:43
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    Oh.. you're running openssl passwd then. Running the openssl binary charset^5 times is always going to take a while. If you want it to complete quicker, you'll need to do it differently. Commented Mar 12, 2014 at 12:15
  • yea, indeed passwd was missing :D. That's what my teacher want me to do, modify the script so it is quicker, and I thought about increasing the resources usage. What other solutions do I have? I've tried to use a dictionary with every possible combination, but it lasts the same as when bruteforcing. Commented Mar 12, 2014 at 12:54
  • @yzT, one invocation of openssl can process as many passwords as you want if you use -stdin (and newline is not part of your charset). Commented Mar 12, 2014 at 13:00
  • If you have a multicore/threaded machine you could run multiple copies as well. Commented Mar 12, 2014 at 13:01