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SHERLOCK

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
USAGE
OPTIONS
EXAMPLES
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR

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NAME

sherlock - Find usernames across social networks

SYNOPSIS

sherlock [ POSITION ] [ argument ]

DESCRIPTION

sherlock relies on the site’s designers providing a unique URL for a registered

username. To determine if a username is available, Sherlock queries that URL, and

uses to response to understand if there is a claimed username already there.

Currently, the tool is capable of locating users on more than 300 social networks:

Apple Developer, Arduino, Docker Hub, GitHub, GitLab, Facebook, BitCoinForum, CNET,

IFTTT, Instagram, PlayStore, PyPI, Scribd, Telegram,TikTok, Tinder etc.

USAGE

usage: sherlock [ -h ] [ --version ] [ --verbose ] [ --folderoutput FOLDEROUTPUT]

[--output OUTPUT] [--tor] [--unique-tor] [--csv]

[--site SITE_NAME] [--proxy PROXY_URL] [--json JSON_FILE]

[--timeout TIMEOUT] [--print-all] [--print-found] [--no-color]

[--browse] [--local]

USERNAMES [USERNAMES ...]

positional arguments: USERNAMES

One or more usernames to check with social networks.

Check similar usernames using {%} (replace to ’_’, ’-’, ’.’).

OPTIONS

optional arguments:

-h, --help Show this help message and exit.

--version Display version information and dependencies.

--verbose, -v, -d, --debug Display extra debugging information and metrics.

--folderoutput FOLDEROUTPUT, -fo FOLDEROUTPUT
If using multiple usernames, the output of the results will be
saved to this folder.

--output OUTPUT, -o OUTPUT
If using single username, the output of the result will be saved
to this file.

--tor, -t Make requests over Tor; increases runtime; requires Tor to be
installed and in system path.

--unique-tor, -u Make requests over Tor with new Tor circuit after each request;
increases runtime; requires Tor to be installed and in system
path.

--csv Create Comma-Separated Values (CSV) File.

--xlsx Create the standard file for the modern Microsoft Excel
spreadsheet (xslx).

--site SITE_NAME Limit analysis to just the listed sites. Add multiple options to
specify more than one site.

--proxy PROXY_URL, -p PROXY_URL
Make requests over a proxy. e.g. socks5://127.0.0.1:1080

--json JSON_FILE, -j JSON_FILE
Load data from a JSON file or an online, valid, JSON file.

--timeout TIMEOUT Time (in seconds) to wait for response to requests (Default: 60)

--print-all Output sites where the username was not found.

--print-found Output sites where the username was found.

--no-color Don’t color terminal output.

--browse, -b Browse to all results on default browser.

--local, -l Force the use of the local data.json file.

EXAMPLES

To search for only one user:

a)python3 sherlock user123

To search for more than one user:

b) python3 sherlock user1 user2 user3

SEE ALSO

Take a look at https:// sherlock -project.github.io/ for information on how to use.

AUTHOR

Sherlock Project https://github.com/ sherlock -project/ sherlock /issues

Josenilson Ferreira da Silva <nilsonfsilva@hotmail.com> Created this

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