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+// crack takes a password hash from the crypt function and tries to find the matching
+// password. Can take variable length passwords. Must be composed of alphabetical
+// characters only
+#define _XOPEN_SOURCE       /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <cs50.h>
+
+#define MIN_ARGS 2
+#define MAX_ARGS 3
+#define OPTIONAL_ARGS 1
+
+int verify_input(int);
+int process_input(int, char **, char *, int *);
+void output(bool, char *);
+char *get_salt(char *);
+bool crack(char *, char *, char *, int);
+
+// Character set, all upper and lower characters. Null character at front to simplify
+// finding shorter passwords as loop initialises all values to null.
+const char charset[] = "\0abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
+
+
+// Does sanity checks on inputs and runs main loop.
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    int max_length, err;
+    char hash[13];
+    bool result;
+    max_length = 5;
+
+    err = verify_input(argc);
+    if (err)
+    {
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    err = process_input(argc, argv, hash, &max_length);
+    if (err)
+    {
+        return 1;
+    }
+    char *salt = get_salt(hash);
+    char password[max_length + 1];
+    password[max_length] = '\0';
+
+    result = crack(hash, salt, password, max_length - 1);
+    output(result, password);
+}
+
+// Verifies that the input is within expected bounds, returns help text if incorrect.
+int verify_input(int argc)
+{
+    if (argc < MIN_ARGS)
+    {
+        printf("%d required, %d optional arguments\n", MIN_ARGS, OPTIONAL_ARGS);
+        return 1;
+    }
+    else if (argc > MAX_ARGS)
+    {
+        printf("Crack only takes %d argument max\n", MAX_ARGS);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+// Process input takes the provided args and extracts the max_length (if given) and the
+// provided hash. Returns a pointer to the hash character array.
+int process_input(int argc, char *argv[],char *hash, int *maxLenPtr)
+{
+    if (!strcmp(argv[1], "-h") || !strcmp(argv[1], "help"))
+    {
+        printf("Usage: crack-rec (length - optional) (hash - 13 characters from crypt)\n");
+        printf("Recommended no longer than 8 characters.\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+    else if (argc == MAX_ARGS)
+    {
+        *maxLenPtr = atoi(argv[1]);
+        memcpy(hash, argv[2], 13);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        memcpy(hash, argv[1], 13);
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+// Outputs the result of the crack. presents if the password was found or search
+// space was exhausted.
+void output(bool result, char *password)
+{
+    printf("\a");
+    if (result)
+    {
+        printf("Found: ");
+        int i = 0;
+        while (password[i] != '\0')
+        {
+            printf("%c", password[i]);
+            i++;
+        }
+        printf("\n");
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        printf("Not Found\n");
+    }
+}
+
+
+// Extracts the salt from the hashed password provided by the crypt function.
+char *get_salt(char *hash)
+{
+    static char salt[2];
+    // Salt is stated as being stored as the first two characters in the output hash
+    memcpy(salt, hash, 2);
+    return salt;
+}
+
+// crack recursively works through solutions with the given character set.
+// works to the length provided (as position). Returns a bool to signal complete.
+bool crack(char *hash, char *salt, char*password, int position)
+{
+    bool solved = false;
+    for (int i = 0; i < 53; i++)
+    {
+        password[position] = charset[i];
+        if (position == 0)
+        {
+            // strcmp returns 0 if a match, therefore, invert to match true.
+            if (!strcmp(hash, crypt(password, salt)))
+            {
+                solved = true;
+                return solved;
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // Recursively call function to lower indices.
+            solved = crack(hash, salt, password, position - 1);
+            if (solved)
+            {
+                return solved;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return solved;
+}
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