Installation

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Users of these systems should defer to pipx/pip or Docker.

General usage

sherlock user123

sherlock user1 user2 user3

$sherlock --helpusage: sherlock [-h] [--version] [--verbose] [--folderoutput FOLDEROUTPUT]                [--output OUTPUT] [--tor] [--unique-tor] [--csv] [--xlsx]                [--site SITE_NAME] [--proxy PROXY_URL] [--json JSON_FILE]                [--timeout TIMEOUT] [--print-all] [--print-found] [--no-color]                [--browse] [--local] [--nsfw]                USERNAMES [USERNAMES ...]Sherlock: Find Usernames Across Social Networks (Version 0.14.3)positional arguments:  USERNAMES             One or more usernames to check with social networks.                        Check similar usernames using {?} (replace to '_', '-', '.').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 (xlsx).  --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.  --nsfw                Include checking of NSFW sites from default list.

Apify Actor Usage

$echo'{"usernames":["user123"]}'| apify call -so netmilk/sherlock[{"username":"user123","links": ["https://www.1337x.to/user/user123/",    ...  ]}]

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