# theHarvester

> A tool designed to be used in the early stages of a penetration test.
> More information: <https://github.com/laramies/theHarvester>.

- Gather information on a domain using Google:

`theHarvester --domain {{domain_name}} --source google`

- Gather information on a domain using multiple sources:

`theHarvester --domain {{domain_name}} --source {{duckduckgo,bing,crtsh}}`

- Change the limit of results to work with:

`theHarvester --domain {{domain_name}} --source {{google}} --limit {{200}}`

- Save the output to two files in XML and HTML format:

`theHarvester --domain {{domain_name}} --source {{google}} --file {{output_file_name}}`

- Display help:

`theHarvester --help`
