*Optional parameters are enclosed in brackets [].
Shortcuts are displayed in parenthesis ().

Click a command below for more information.

General Commands

clear

Clears the screen.

(d) display

Displays the current state of the cipher. This generally will display both the ciphertext and the current state of the plaintext.

(p) pattern pattern [filter]

Looks up the pattern in the current word list using the selected pattern_type.

Available Pattern Types

Normal numeric patterns.

Begin at the left side of the word and replace all letters with increasing numbers. Use the same number for any repeated letters. This is the default type and the pattern_type can be ommitted when using this type.
Example: people = 123142

Shortened numeric patterns.

Begin at the left side of the word and replace all letters with increasing numbers. Remove all numbers of non-repeated letters and group the repeated letters in order.
Example: people = 1426

High/Low Frequency

Using a frequency table you can determine which letters are high and low freqency letters. Then replace the letters with H for high and L for low.
Example: people = LHHLLH

Optional Filter

The filter can consist of any letters and the following special codes:

• . Matches any one character
• * Matches all characters if available
• + Matches all characters but there must be at least one character available

Example: people = p..p.. or p..p+

plaintext

Displays the current state of the plaintext.

wordlist name

Loads the word list named name. Use wordlists to list all the available word lists.

wordlists

Displays all the available word lists.