Crunchy

A simplified, iterative Java implementation of the Linux crunch tool.

Standard crunch is well-written, however it's also:

• implemented recursively
• requires a particular alphabet input format
• written entirely in an (arguably) hard-to-read single, sprawling, vanilla C sourcefile

While crunch is highly optimized, this iterative Java implementation competes against it quite admirably.

This Java version:

• scales linearly w/respect to original crunch (+ JVM overhead, generally adds seconds)
• neither prints any statistics nor has a 3 second delay prior to launch
• does not currently implement most of the various options available w/standard crunch

My thoughts in writing this were that such a simple and fast implementation can be easily modified to suite your needs where crunch may have failed you. I hope somebody finds it useful.

Usage

# compile crunchy
javac Crunchy.java

# execute on default alphabet from 3 5 chars
java Crunchy 3 5 > crunchy.txt

See source for latest args. At this writing: Crunchy [minLen] maxLen [alphabet] [debugMode=false].

If you provide only maxLen, then minLen == maxLen.