NAME¶

SYNOPSIS¶

pwndck [-h] [-q] [password]

DESCRIPTION¶

The pwndck utility evaluates a password against the HaveIBeenPwned password database, and returns the number of accounts for which it has been reported as compromised.

If the password is not specified on the command line, the user will be prompted.

The command returns with an error code if the password is found in the database.

See https://haveibeenpwned.com/API/v3#PwnedPasswords

General Options¶

-h, --help

Display a friendly help message.

-q, --quiet

Don’t output text for successful runs, just return an error code.

COPYRIGHT¶

Comitup is Copyright (C) 2025 David Steele <steele@debian.org>