/usr/sbin/cracklib-format is in cracklib-runtime 2.9.2-1.
This file is owned by root:root, with mode 0o755.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | #!/bin/sh
#
# This preprocesses a set of word lists into a suitable form for input
# into cracklib-packer
#
gzip -cdf "$@" |
grep -v '^\(#\|$\)' |
tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]' |
tr -cd '\012[a-z][0-9]' |
sort -u
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