john

#To show the types of passwords that John can crack with crack speed (in cracks/second)
john --test

#Cracking Modes

#To use your own word list (the Rockyou list is suggested)
john --wordlist=[filename] [passwordfile]

#Incremental mode (Brute Force)
john --incremental hashfile


#To show your results after running john (shows ~/.john/john.pot)
john --show

#Session and Restore

#To restore an interrupted john session
john --restore:name