Not in scope for these tools, as their are plenty of docs around, but here you have a short wrap-up

HOW TO USE
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Type "./hydra -h" to see the command line options.

$ hydra [[[-l LOGIN|-L FILE] [-p PASS|-P FILE]] | [-C FILE]] [-e ns]
[-o FILE] [-t TASKS] [-M FILE [-T TASKS]] [-w TIME] [-f] [-s PORT] [-S] [-vV]
server service [OPT]

Options

-R
restore a previous aborted/crashed session
-S
connect via SSL
-s <PORT>
if the service is on a different default port, define it here
-l <LOGIN> or -L <FILE>
login with LOGIN name, or load several logins from FILE
-p <PASS> or -P <FILE>
try password PASS, or load several passwords from FILE
-e <ns>
additional checks, "n" for null password, "s" try login as pass
-C <FILE>
colon seperated "login***" format, instead of -L/-P options
-M <FILE>
server list for parallel attacks, one entry per line
-o <FILE>
write found login/password pairs to FILE instead of stdout
-f
exit after the first found login/password pair (per host if -M)
-t <TASKS>
run TASKS number of connects in parallel (default: 16)
-w <TIME>
defines the max wait time in seconds for responses (default: 30)
-v / -V
verbose mode / show login+pass combination for each attempt
server
the target server (use either this OR the -M option)
service
the service to crack. Supported protocols: telnet ftp pop3[-ntlm] imap[-ntlm] smb smbnt http[s]-{head|get} http-{get|post}-form http-proxy cisco cisco-enable vnc ldap2 ldap3 mssql mysql oracle-listener postgres nntp socks5 rexec rlogin pcnfs snmp rsh cvs svn icq sapr3 ssh2 smtp-auth[-ntlm] pcanywhere teamspeak sip vmauthd firebird ncp afp
OPT
some service modules need special input

SPECIAL OPTIONS FOR MODULES
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Via the third command line parameter (TARGET SERVICE OPTIONAL) or the -m
commandline option, you can pass one option to a module.
Many modules use this, a few require it!

To see the special option of a module, type:
hydra -U <module>
e.g.
./hydra -U http-post-form

The special options can be passed via the -m parameter, as 3rd command line
option or in the service://target/option format.

Examples (they are all equal):
./hydra -l test -p test -m PLAIN 127.0.0.1 imap
./hydra -l test -p test 127.0.0.1 imap PLAIN
./hydra -l test -p test imap://127.0.0.1/PLAIN