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To perform the password cracking with CMD, you need a CMD line tool called John the Ripper. It is an open-source tool which is available for Windows, MacOSx and Linux. To use this tool follow these steps:

To begin with, you need to dowonload John the Ripper CMD line tool on your computer. Now unZIP the ZIP file you downloaded and save it in a fold with a unique name that you will remember, let's say "John".

Step 1: Now open the folder you just saved (John) and then click on the "run" folder. Then create a new folder and name it "crack" inside the "Run" folder. Here you can use the "Ctrl+Shift+N" key to create the new folder.

Step 2: Copy the password-protected file that you want to crack and paste it in the newly created "crack" folder.

Step 3: Now, close the folders opened and then on the screen of your computer open the command prompt. In the command prompt key in the command "cd desktop/john/run" then click "Enter".

Step 4: In the command prompt type "ZIP2john.execrack/YourFileName.ZIP>crack/Key.txt" then click "Enter" to create a ZIP file password hashes to be used to crack your ZIP file password. Remember to replace the phrase "yourfilename" in the command with the actual name for the file you want to crack.

Step 5: Using the password hash file, crack the ZIP file password by typing in the command "johnformat=ZIP crack/key.txt" then click "Enter". The ZIP password will be cracked. You can now use the password to open the ZIP file.



Hope this helps you,
J Wick